Guangxi (China)
A Flight Over China in Clear Skies, Followed by a Nosedive
BEIJING — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was at 29,100 feet in clear afternoon skies over the hills of southern China, seemingly ready for a smooth landing in Guangzhou. The plane, a Boeing 737-800 NG, was only seven years old. One of China’s most experienced aviators was among the three pilots in the cockpit. But […]
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China Eastern Jet’s Steep Plunge Suggests Little Chance of Survival
A day after a Boeing 737 plane crashed in southern China, hundreds of firefighters, police officers and paramilitary troops scoured lush hillsides for survivors. Orthopedic surgeons and burn specialists waited at nearby hospitals. Students lined up for blood donation drives, according to Chinese news reports on Tuesday. At the crash site, workers found burned identity […]
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After Boeing Plane Crash in China, a Desperate Hunt for Survivors
Rescue workers assembled for a desperate search Tuesday for any survivors in the crash of a passenger plane carrying 132 people that plunged more than 20,000 feet in just over a minute before crashing in a remote mountain valley in southern China on Monday. China Eastern Airlines, which operated the Boeing 737-800, and the central […]
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Flight MU-5735 Descended More Than 20,000 Feet in Just Over a Minute
China Eastern Airlines’ Flight MU-5735 left Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, at 1:11 p.m. on Monday for what should have been an hour-and-a-half flight east to Guangzhou, a major commercial city in southeastern China. After an hour, though, the flight turned horribly wrong, according to data from Flightradar24, a tracking platform. About 2:20 p.m., […]
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