A domestic Chinse Eastern aircraft with 132 people on board has crashed in a mountainous region of the country.

The flight was on route to Guangzhou from Kunming when it went down in the province of Guangxi.

It is unclear how many casualties there are or what caused the crash.

China Eastern flight MU5735 departed Kunming at 13.11pm local time, 5.11pm UK time, with 123 passengers and nine crew on board.

Chinese state media reported the Boeing 737-800 jet crashed in a mountainous region in Wuzhou, with the explosion setting off a fire in the woods.