China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 crash: MU5735 crash in Tengxian, Guangxi, search and rescue continues
$Boeing (BA.US)$ A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 crashed in Wuzhou, Guangxi on its way from Kunming, Yunnan to Guangzhou, Guangdong, causing wildfires. The cause of the accident and the casualties are unknown.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Monday (March 21) that there were 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members. Official China Central Television reports that the passenger plane crashed in a mountainous area near Mogao Village, Langnan Town, Tengxian County, Wuzhou.
According to data from the international civil aviation tracking website flightradar24.com, the specific model of the wrecked passenger plane was a Boeing 737-89P, a single-aisle jet airliner. It was flying MU5735 at the time of the incident. It departed at 13:11 Beijing time (05:11 GMT) on Monday and was scheduled to arrive at 15:05 (07:05 GMT), but lost contact at 14:22. According to the website, the aircraft was flying at an altitude of 3,225 feet (982 meters) at the time.
People's Online under the Chinese Communist Party's “People's Daily”A video of what is suspected to be local people filming the situation after the crash was releasedThe suspected wreckage of the plane can be seen scattered in a mountainous area. The BBC is unable to independently verify the video content.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China said on Monday (March 21) that there were 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members. Official China Central Television reports that the passenger plane crashed in a mountainous area near Mogao Village, Langnan Town, Tengxian County, Wuzhou.
According to data from the international civil aviation tracking website flightradar24.com, the specific model of the wrecked passenger plane was a Boeing 737-89P, a single-aisle jet airliner. It was flying MU5735 at the time of the incident. It departed at 13:11 Beijing time (05:11 GMT) on Monday and was scheduled to arrive at 15:05 (07:05 GMT), but lost contact at 14:22. According to the website, the aircraft was flying at an altitude of 3,225 feet (982 meters) at the time.
People's Online under the Chinese Communist Party's “People's Daily”A video of what is suspected to be local people filming the situation after the crash was releasedThe suspected wreckage of the plane can be seen scattered in a mountainous area. The BBC is unable to independently verify the video content.
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