The China Eastern Airlines domestic flight carrying 132 people on board crashed into a mountain in southern China on the afternoon of the 21st March 2022.
According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the MU5735 airliner belonging to China Eastern Airlines crashed in a mountainous area near Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on the same day at 1:15 pm (local time) from Kunming, Yunnan Province, to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. confirmed to have done
The accident plane, a Boeing 737, lost contact at 2:20 pm, and then crashed down from an altitude of about 8,000 meters in two minutes.
A forest fire occurred in the area where it fell, according to state-run Central Television (CCTV).
An ambulance is currently approaching the scene, and no casualties have been reported.
Another witness said, “I heard the explosion and rode a motorcycle to the site about 10 km from the village.”
It is the first time in 11 years and 6 months since August 2010 that a large airliner crash occurred in China.
On August 24, 2010, a Henan Aircraft airliner took off from Harbin Airport in Heilongjiang Province and landed at Lindu Airport in Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province.