China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was a scheduled passenger flight from Kunming to Guangzhou in China. On 21 March 2022, the Boeing 737-89P operating the flight crashed in Guangxi, China.
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Date | 21 March 2022 |
Summary | Crashed into terrain; possible intentional crash, under investigation. |
Place | Shentangbiao, Molang village, Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China[1] 23°17′10″N 111°07′30″E / 23.286°N 111.125°ECoordinates: 23°17′10″N 111°07′30″E / 23.286°N 111.125°E |
Passengers | 123[2] |
Crew | 9[2] |
Fatalities | 132 |
Survivors | 0 |
Aircraft type | Boeing 737-89P |
Airline/user | China Eastern Yunnan Airlines |
Registration | B-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 2:20pm 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 deep hole in a surrounding forest.[8]
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 Media
Flight path (data from Flightradar24)
References
- ↑ "广西消防:发现客机残骸碎片,尚未发现遇难者遗体" [Guangxi Fire Department: Fragments of passenger plane wreckage were found, but the remains of the victims have not yet been found]. j.eastday.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "China Eastern Airlines jet with 133 on board crashes in Guangxi". The Week magazine. March 21, 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ "Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ↑ "架搭载133人的客机在广西藤县发生事故,伤亡情况未明" [A passenger plane carrying 133 people was involved in an accident in Teng County, Guangxi, the casualties are unknown] (in Chinese). CCTV News. Archived from the original on 21 March 2022. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ News, A. B. C. "No abnormalities found in China plane crash: Investigators". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
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has generic name (help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "U.S. experts analyzing black boxes from China Eastern Boeing 737 that nose-dived into mountainside killing 132". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
- ↑ News, A. B. C. "Black box analyzed for pilots' actions in China Eastern Airlines crash". ABC News. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
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has generic name (help) - ↑ "Why the China Eastern Crash Is Such a Shock to the Country". Time. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Bradsher, Keith (2022-04-04). "A Flight Over China in Clear Skies, Followed by a Nosedive" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/business/china-eastern-boeing-crash.html. Retrieved 2022-05-11.