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China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was a scheduled passenger flight from Kunming to Guangzhou in China. On March 21, 2022, the Boeing 737-89P operating the flight crashed in Guangxi, China.

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735
There is an aircraft. It is landing at an airport. On the aircraft it is written China Eastern. This is the name of the airline.
B-1791, the aircraft involved in the crash, photographed in 2015
Incident summary
DateMarch 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)
SummaryCrashed into terrain; possible intentional crash, under investigation.
PlaceShentangbiao, Molang village, [[Teng County|]], [[Wuzhou|]], Guangxi, China[1]
23°17′10″N 111°07′30″E / 23.286°N 111.125°E / 23.286; 111.125Coordinates: 23°17′10″N 111°07′30″E / 23.286°N 111.125°E / 23.286; 111.125
Passengers123[2]
Crew9[2]
Fatalities132
Survivors0
Aircraft typeBoeing 737-89P
Airline/user[[China Eastern Airlines|]]
RegistrationB-1791
Flew from[[Kunming Changshui International Airport|]][3]
Flying to[[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport|]]

The flight left Kunming Changshui International Airport, Kunming at 13:15 local time (05:15 UTC).[4] It was going to Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou. At 14:22, the plane began to show signs of crashing. The wreckage of the plane was found near Teng County, Guangxi.[5] The aircraft was carrying 132 people, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members.[6][7][8][9]

Crash

According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), contact with the aircraft was lost over the city of Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. At 2:20 p.m. CST, while preparing to descend into Guangzhou, the aircraft entered a sharp descent.[10] It fell 20,000 feet, to 7,400 feet.[11] The plane gained 1,200 feet before crashing into a hillside.[11]

The accident was caught by security camera, shown in a near vertical dive without a vertical stabilizer, and with a white trail behind it as it descended, before disappearing out of view. A piece of the aircraft was found miles away from the final crash site of the aircraft, hinting to a midair breakup.

The plane left a 65-foot (20 m) deep hole in a surrounding forest.[8]

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 Media

  • Flight path (data from Flightradar24)

  • The footage of the aircraft plummeting to the ground

  • The recovered cockpit voice recorder, 23 March 2022

  • Search and rescue teams working on the scene, 25 March 2022

  • 中国民用航空局政府信息公开申请答复书.jpg

    19 May 2025 Reply of the Civil Aviation Administration of China to an Open Government Information Request

References

  1. ↑ (in zh) 广西消防：发现客机残骸碎片，尚未发现遇难者遗体. 2022-03-21. https://j.eastday.com/p/1647856316030887. Retrieved 2022-03-21. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "东航一架波音737飞机坠毁民航局已启动应急机制" [A Boeing 737 of China Eastern Airlines crashed, the Civil Aviation Administration has activated the emergency mechanism]. Civil Aviation Administration of China (in 中文). Archived from the original on March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  3. ↑ "MU5735搭载133人广西藤县发生事故，昆明长水机场不知情：2点57分已到达" (in zh). time-weekly.com. 2022-03-21. https://www.time-weekly.com/post/290449. 
  4. ↑ "China Eastern Airlines jet with 133 on board crashes in Guangxi". The Week magazine. March 21, 2022. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  5. ↑ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-89P (WL) B-1791 Wuzhou, Tengxian County". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  6. ↑ 郭倩 (2022-03-21). "架搭载133人的客机在广西藤县发生事故，伤亡情况未明" (in zh). CCTV News. https://news.cctv.com/2022/03/21/ARTIOq7lOCeSP5LuAU9R1V8s220321.shtml. Retrieved 2022-03-21. 
  7. ↑ Stoddart, Michelle; Yiu, Karson (2022-04-20). "No abnormalities found in China plane crash: Investigators". ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/International/abnormalities-found-china-plane-crash-investigators/story?id=84191834. Retrieved 2022-05-11. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Associated Press (2022-04-06). "U.S. experts analyzing black boxes from China Eastern Boeing 737 that nose-dived into mountainside killing 132". CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-eastern-plane-crash-us-ntsb-flight-mu5735-black-boxes-boeing-737/. Retrieved 2022-05-11. 
  9. ↑ Yiu, Karson; Hutchinson, Bill (2022-03-23). "Black box analyzed for pilots' actions in China Eastern Airlines crash". ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/International/black-box-recorder-recovered-crashed-china-eastern-airlines/story?id=83619803. Retrieved 2022-05-11. 
  10. ↑ Campbell, Charlie (March 21, 2022). "Why the China Eastern Crash Is Such a Shock to the Country". Time. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Bradsher, Keith (2022-04-04). "A Flight Over China in Clear Skies, Followed by a Nosedive". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/business/china-eastern-boeing-crash.html. Retrieved 2022-05-11. 




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