From the Guardian: "The China Eastern Airlines plane went down in Baotou, a city in the Inner Mongolia region 330 miles northwest of Baghdad, after taking off at about 8:20 a.m., the official Xinhua News Agency said." (Emphasis added.)

The story is here.

Thanks to Ken Fletcher for the tip. As he puts it, "I know the news is quite rightly focusing attention on events in Iraq, but I really can't understand this one!"