March 03, 2021
Firefighters deal with the aftermath of the plane crash in Jiangxi province
CCTV
Five people were killed on Monday (March 1) when the plane they were in crashed in a residential area of eastern China during a cloud seeding flight.
Three farmhouses were damaged and a villager was injured when the Beechcraft B300 King Air 350 twin-turboprop operated by Beidahuang General Aviation crashed in Jian county, Jiangxi at 3.19pm, the provincial meteorological bureau said in a statement.
Its director, Zhan Fengxing, said in an interview with Red Star News that the victims included a member of his office’s staff and two from the Heilongjiang Meteorological Bureau. The pilot and co-pilot, both of whom were employed by the aviation company, were also killed, he said.