Boeing 737 China Eastern Airlines “falls” with 132 passengers and crew
express boeing 737 – March 21 AFP Report from CCTV that Boeing 737’s China Eastern Airlines Flight MU 5735 Carrying 129 passengers and 9 crew, a total of 132 people crashed in Wuzhou. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region southwest of china
The flight departed from the airport in Kunming, southwestern Yunnan Province, at 1:15 p.m. local time. and heading to Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province in the south, but encountered an accident before the destination
Initially, local media said the crash caused a fire in the mountainous area. And the authorities have not confirmed the number of deaths. But many people are worried that there may be no survivors.
China Eastern Airlines has experienced three crashes, the latest of which happened in 2004, following MU 5210, en route Baotou Airport in Inner Mongolia to Shanghai International Airport. Hongqiao had only soared for two minutes and fell into the Nanhai Lake. A total of 53 passengers and crew were killed, and an investigation found that ground personnel had failed to inspect the plane, where ice had accumulated heavily on its wings. As a result, the plane lost its balance and eventually crashed.
Two more incidents occurred in 1993 for MU 5398 traveling from Shenzhen Airport. And because of the weather, while landing at Fuzhou Yisu Airport, Fujian Province, the plane skidded past the runway. This caused the deaths of two of the 80 passengers.
and the events that occurred in April of the same year It was MU 538 on the Shanghai-Los Angeles route, USA. The crew accidentally shifted the direction of the slat or a component at the front of the wing and caused the aircraft to vibrating heavily But the pilot managed to make an emergency landing. However, 60 of the 225 passengers and crew were hospitalized. And later, two people died.
Fire caused by the crash.
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CCTV said a “China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 plane carrying 133 people has crashed in Teng county, Wuzhou, Guangxi, and caused a mountain fire.” /Twitter/
A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 133 people has crashed in southwest China and caused a mountain fire with casualties unknown, state broadcaster CCTV reported Monday. The Boeing 737 plane crashed in the rural countryside near Wuzhou city, Guangxi region and “caused a mountain fire”, CCTV said, citing the provincial emergency management bureau. The report added that rescue teams were dispatched to the scene. /Twitter/
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