In this photo taken by mobile phone released by Xinhua News Agency, a piece of wreckage of the China Eastern's flight MU5735 are seen after it crashed on the mountain in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday.(AP)Plane Crash In China Highlights: No survivors have been found as the search continued Tuesday of the scattered wreckage of a China Eastern plane carrying 132 people that crashed a day earlier in a forested mountainous area in China’s worst air disaster in a decade. “Wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, but up until now, none of those aboard the plane with whom contact was lost have been found,” state broadcaster CCTV said Tuesday morning, more than 18 hours after the crash.
So far, the cause of the crash is unknown. Rescue teams are looking for survivors as well as the black box, which should contain information from instruments and sounds from the cockpit. According to the state media, burnt wallets, id cards and remnants of the aircraft were strewn across the crash site.
The accident involving a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 took place near the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi region. Flight MU5735 was en route to Guangzhou in Guangdong province from Kunming, capital of Yunnan province. The aircraft had 123 passengers and nine crew on board. The crash, in which the plane descended at a final rate of 29,000 feet a minute according to FlightRadar24, sparked a mountainside fire.
China's civil aviation regulator on Tuesday directed immediate launch of a two-week-long safety overhaul of the civil aviation sector after a passenger plane crashed a day earlier with 132 people aboard. In addition to previous safety supervision and guidance, the safety overhaul aims to further strengthen the investigation of hidden dangers in the civil aviation sector to ensure the absolute safety of aviation operations and people's lives, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a circular. The safety overhaul covers all regional air-traffic management bureaus, companies involved in civil aviation transport and general aviation, relevant service providers, airport operators, flight training organizations, among others. (Reuters)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping to offer condolences over the recent crash of a Chinese airliner, state media KCNA said on Tuesday.
A search was under way around heavily forested slopes for victims and flight recorders from a China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) jet after it crashed on Monday in the mountains of southern Guangxi with 132 people on board.
In a message sent on Monday, Kim expressed "deep sympathy and condolences" to Xi, victims and their bereaved families, the official KCNA news agency said. (Reuters)
Several chilling videos have surfaced online of the ill-fated China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in a forested mountainous area with 132 people on board. The crash of the Boeing 737-800 has been designated as the China’s worst air disaster in a decade.
The videos of the blast that surfaced online show smoke coming out of the site of the crash, while some also show the flight speeding down towards the land right before the crash. No survivors have been found as the search for victims of the plane crash continued on Tuesday.
A video posted by The Guardian on YouTube, shows smoke emerging from the mountains of the southern Chinese province. (Watch here)
Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up by rescue workers scouring a remote Chinese mountainside Tuesday for the wreckage of a China Eastern flight that one day earlier inexplicably fell from the sky and burst into a huge fireball.
No survivors have been found among the 123 passengers and nine crew members. Video clips posted by China's state media show small pieces of the Boeing 737-800 plane scattered over a wide forested area, some in green fields, others in burnt-out patches with raw earth exposed after fires burned in the trees. Each piece of debris has a number next to it, the larger ones marked off by police tape.
As family members gathered at the destination and departure airports, what caused the plane to drop out of the sky shortly before it would have begun its descent to the southern China metropolis of Guangzhou remained a mystery. The search for the black boxes, which hold the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, would be difficult, the official Xinhua News Agency said, and involve drones and manual searching. (AP)
China is, along with North America and Europe, one of the world's top three air travel markets. It has dramatically improved safety since a string of deadly crashes in the 1990s and 2000s.The crash Monday of a China Eastern flight comes after years free of major air disasters. The country has not reported a crash of a commercial flight with more than five fatalities since 2010. The ruling Communist Party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army, also has suffered fatal crashes, but few details are available. (AP)
AFP graphics world map shows the plane accidents that have caused at least 20 deaths or disappearances in the past 10 years, including in China on March 21. Plane carrying 132 crashes into mountain in southern China.
The deadly crash of a China Eastern Airlines 737-800 could set back Boeing's efforts to regain ground in the world's biggest aircraft market and deliver more than 140 737 MAX jets already constructed for Chinese customers.
The 737-800 that crashed on Monday does not have the equipment that led to 737 MAX crashes more than three years ago, but that may not make a difference to Chinese passengers and a national regulator known for scrupulous safety requirements.
China Eastern said the cause of the crash was under investigation. Such accidents typically involve multiple factors, and experts warned it was far too early to draw any conclusions on the potential causes, especially in light of the scarce information available.
China was the first country to ground the 737 MAX after fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia more than three years ago, and it is the only major market where the MAX has not resumed commercial flights. (Reuters)
China Eastern Airlines faces deepening losses and closer regulatory scrutiny following the crash of a Boeing 737-800 jet on Monday with 132 people on board. Rescuers on Tuesday scoured heavily forested slopes for survivors and data recorders from flight MU5735, which crashed a day earlier in the mountains of the southern region of Guangxi.
The plane crash, China's first in 12 years, comes as its airline sector is struggling to find its footing amid the coronavirus pandemic, with air passenger traffic far below 2019 levels due to repeated outbreaks and a steep fall in international travel due to China's strict quarantine rules.
China Eastern has been among the biggest casualties: The state carrier forecast in January a 2021 loss of 11-13.5 billion yuan ($1.7-$2.1 billion), after a 11.8 billion yuan loss in 2020.
Its losses are set to deepen after the group, including two subsidiaries, grounded its fleet of 737-800s following Monday's crash. The group has 225 of the aircraft, data from British aviation consultancy IBA shows. The airline cancelled about 89% of its flights on Tuesday, according to Chinese aviation data provider Flight Master. (Reuters)
Rescuers scoured heavily forested slopes in southern China on Tuesday as they hunted for the victims and flight recorders from a China Eastern Airlines jet that crashed a day earlier in the mountains of Guangxi with 132 aboard.
Parts of the Boeing 737-800 were strewn across mountain slopes charred by fire after China's first crash of a commercial jetliner since 2010. Burnt remains of identity cards and wallets were also seen, state media said.
Flight MU5735 was travelling to the port city of Guangzhou from Kunming, capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan, when it suddenly plunged from cruising altitude at about the time it would normally start to descend prior to landing.
Chinese media carried brief highway video images from a vehicle's dashboard camera that appeared to show a jet diving to the ground at an angle of about 35 degrees from the vertical. Reuters could not immediately verify the footage.
Si, 64, a villager near the crash site who declined to give his first name, told Reuters he heard a "bang, bang" at the time of the crash. "It was like thunder," he said. (Reuters)
As rescue teams sort through the debris of the Chinese Boeing jet that crashed on Monday, there has been no official confirmation of the number of the dead yet.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping to offer condolences over the recent crash of a Chinese airliner, state media KCNA said on Tuesday. (Reuters)
This graphic by news agency AFP shows where Flight MU5735 was headed, where it crashed, the number of passengers on board and the speed at which it descended.
Rescue teams in China's Guangxi region where Flight MU5735 crashed have been carrying out search operations for survivors.
Local villagers from China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region provided food and water to the rescue team looking for survivors from the plane crash in the mountainous region, Global Times, a state-affiliated media channel reported.
The crash of a Boeing 737-800 passenger jet in China’s southwest started a fire big enough to be seen from space and forced rescuers to search a rugged, remote mountainside.
The cause is unknown. Flight 5735 was at 29,000 feet (8,800 meters) on Monday afternoon when it went into a dive about an hour into its flight, according to flight-tracking website FlightRadar24.com. State media and Chinese regulators gave no indication the pilot reported trouble or other information that might shed light on the cause of the disaster.
Rescuers were looking for the plane’s black box, which should contain information from instruments and sound from the cockpit.
State media reported all (Boeing) 737-800s in China Eastern’s fleet were ordered grounded. Aviation experts said it is unusual to ground an entire fleet of planes unless there is evidence of a problem with the model. China has more 737-800s than any other country — nearly 1,200 — and if identical planes at other Chinese airlines are grounded, it “could have a significant impact on domestic travel,” said aviation consultant IBA.
Boeing 737-800s have been flying since 1998, and Boeing has sold more than 5,100 of them. They have been involved in 22 accidents that damaged the planes beyond repair and killed 612 people, according to data compiled by the Aviation Safety Network, an arm of the Flight Safety Foundation. (AP)
According to Bloomberg, 74 per cent of the 11,800 flights scheduled in China on Tuesday were cancelled, just a day after Flight MU5735 crashed in Wuzhou. This includes flights between Shanghai and Beijing, which is the world's busiest domestic route.
Data from the Chinese aviation data company accessed by Bloomberg shows that though air travel in China was already hit by Covid restrictions, Tuesday’s rate was "still the highest this year and double the number at the start of the month".
Parts of the Boeing 737-800 jet were strewn across mountain slopes charred by fire after the plane crash, news agency Reuters reported, including burnt remains of identity cards, purses and wallets.
India’s aviation safety regulator has ordered “enhanced surveillance” for Boeing 737 aircraft in India, following the crash of one such plane in China on Monday (March 21).
Given the unusual circumstances of the accident involving a China Eastern-operated Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has deployed monitoring teams to ensure that the 737 fleets of Indian carriers are operated and maintained as per norms. What prompted the move, and why is it needed? Pranav Mukul explains
China is, along with North America and Europe, one of the world’s top three air travel markets. It has dramatically improved safety since a string of deadly crashes in the 1990s and 2000s.
China hasn’t reported a crash of a commercial flight with more than five fatalities since 2010. The ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army, also has suffered fatal crashes, but few details are available.
China Eastern is, along with Air China, China Southern Airlines and HNA Group, one of four major carriers in China, all state-owned. Its fleet of 749 aircraft includes 291 from the Boeing 737 series, according to its mid-2021 interim report.
China is one of the most important markets for Boeing and its European rival Airbus Industries. They want Chinese carriers to drive sales as US and European demand flatten. The ruling Communist Party wants to compete with them by making its own jetliners and eventually exporting them. (AP)
No survivors have been found so far after the crash of the China Eastern plane. However, the search operations continue in Wuzhou.
The map shows plane accidents around the world in the last ten years that caused over 20 deaths, including the China Eastern plane which crashed on March 21. Source: News Agency AFP
A woman lit up 100 candles to pray for her family and friends who were on board Flight MU5735, which crashed in the Wuzhou city on Monday.
The flight began a rapid descent to 7,425 feet before recovering briefly to 8,600 feet and then descended rapidly again, FlightRadar24 data showed. The last tracked altitude was 3,225 feet above sea level.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday expressed condolences over the tragic loss of lives in the passenger plane crash in China. "We share the grief of our Chinese brothers and sisters," he said.
The incident on Monday marked China's first plane crash since 2010, news agency Reuters reported. Flight MU5735 was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, to Guangzhou in Guangdong province bordering Hong Kong, when it suddenly plunged from cruising altitude and crashed.
The last crash of a commercial jetliner in mainland China was in 2010 when an Embraer E-190 regional jet flown by Henan Airlines crashed on approach to Yichun airport in low visibility, killing 44 of 96 people on board.
The cause of the China Eastern plane is under investigation.
No survivors have been found as the search continued Tuesday of the scattered wreckage of a China Eastern plane carrying 132 people that crashed a day earlier in a forested mountainous area in China's worst air disaster in a decade. "Wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, but up until now, none of those aboard the plane with whom contact was lost have been found," state broadcaster CCTV said Tuesday morning, more than 18 hours after the crash.
A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in southern China on a domestic flight on Monday after a sudden descent from cruising altitude.
Media said there were no signs of survivors.The airline said it deeply mourned the passengers and crew, without specifying how many people had been killed.Chinese media showed brief highway video footage from a vehicle’s dashcam apparently showing a jet diving to the ground behind trees at an angle of about 35 degrees off vertical.
Reuters could not immediately verify the footage.The plane was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, to Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong, bordering Hong Kong, when it crashed.China Eastern said the cause of the crash, in which the plane descended at 31,000 feet a minute according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24, was under investigation. Read detailed story here
Over 260 militiamen stationed in Wuzhou arrived at the plane crash site to put out the fire and search for survivors. Rescue efforts are being implemented in an orderly manner.
After the China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crashed, DGCA chief Arun Kumar said Boeing 737 fleets of Indian carriers are being put on 'enhanced surveillance', PTI reported.
People sit in a temporarily cordoned off area for the relatives of the victims aboard China Eastern's flight MU5735, in Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Monday, March 21, 2022. A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said. (Photo: Chinatopix via AP)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his shock towards the plane crash in China.
The People's Daily quoted a firefighting department official as saying that there was no sign of survivors among the debris.
Chinese media Global Times shared an aerial footage of the crash site of the Boeing 737 MU5735 flight taken by a drone. The local emergency department confirmed the accident site is a village in Wuzhou city, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Boeing Co shares fell 8% before the bell on Monday as its aircraft belonging to China Eastern Airlines, with 132 people on board, crashed in the mountains of southern China.
The cause of the crash was not immediately known and media reported that rescue workers had found no sign of survivors. Boeing said it was working to gather more information. "Can confirm the plane has crashed," China Eastern Airlines said in a statement. Its U.S.-listed shares plunged 15.8%.
The jet involved in the accident was a six-year-old Boeing 737-800 aircraft, according to Flightradar24, a predecessor to the 737 MAX model.The popular 737-800 variant has a maximum seating capacity of 189 and is equipped with CFM-56 engine, according to the planemaker's website. -Reuters
Chinese President Xi Jinping said that he was "shocked" to learn about the crash of a passenger plane with 132 people aboard on Monday and ordered an "all-out search" and rescue efforts. The Boeing 737 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines, which flew from Kunming to Guangzhou, crashed in Tengxian County in the city of Wuzhou in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, causing a mountain fire. --PTI
Peoples Daily reported that 117 rescuers have already reached the crash site while Guangxi fire department is organising 650 more rescuers who are heading to the site from three directions.
China Eastern's flight No. 5735 had been traveling at around 30,000 feet when suddenly, just after 0620 GMT, the plane entered a deep dive at its cruising altitude speed of 455 knots (523 mph, 842 kph), according to data from flight-tracking website FlightRadar24.com. The data suggests the plane crashed within a minute and a half of whatever went wrong.
The plane stopped transmitting data just southwest of the Chinese city of Wuzhou.
The aircraft was delivered to China Eastern from Boeing in June 2015 and had been flying for more than six years. --AP
Chinese media Global Times reported that President Xi Jinping called for the immediate activation of the emergency mechanism for the plane crash, sparing no efforts on search and rescue, and properly handling of the aftermath.
Firefighters have found pieces of the crashed Boeing 737 MU5735 flight after arriving at the rescue site. Rescue work is underway.
Local emergency management authority has told CCTV that the forest fire caused by the plane crash had been extinguished.
A purported video from the crash site shows smoke billowing from hillside.
Following the accident, a number of videos and pictures purportedly from the scene started circulating on social media. They all showed smoke billowing from a hillside and wreckage on the ground.
The 133 people on board included 123 passengers, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said on its website.
The plane that crashed in Guangxi had departed from Kunming at 1 pm. Howevr, it did not reach its scheduled destination in Guangzhou, reported The Guardian. Flight tracking data showed the plane exited the radar signal to the south-west of Wuzhou shortly before 2.30 pm local time, the report said.