https://www.scmp.com/rss/512183/feed China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, a Boeing 737-800, crashed in southern China in March 2022 after disappearing en route to Guangzhou after taking off from Kunming. There were 132 people - 123 passengers and nine crew members - on board. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The cause of China’s worst plane crash in 30 years remains unknown, with Chinese authorities opting to not file a progress report on the third anniversary of the disaster. China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 was flying from the southwestern city of Kunming to the southern city of Guangzhou on March 21, 2022 when it plunged into the side of a mountain near Wuzhou in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, killing all 123 passengers and nine crew. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3303450/3-years-no-final-report-and-no-answers-china-eastern-plane-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3303450/3-years-no-final-report-and-no-answers-china-eastern-plane-disaster?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Mar 2025 07:00:13 +0000 Relatives of Chinese passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 refreshed their call to resume the search for the aircraft after two French experts claimed renewed efforts could find the plane “within days”. Earlier this week, aerospace expert Jean-Luc Marchand and pilot Patrick Blelly said the mystery of the missing plane could be solved in a matter of days if there was a new search, based on their research. The pair said the plane’s transponder was turned off and that the U-turn... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3246418/chinese-families-malaysian-flight-mh370-victims-urge-new-search-after-experts-say-plane-could-be?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3246418/chinese-families-malaysian-flight-mh370-victims-urge-new-search-after-experts-say-plane-could-be?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Dec 2023 12:43:32 +0000 The cause of China’s worst plane crash in 28 years remains a mystery after the country’s civil aviation regulator issued a report on Monday – a year after the catastrophe – that stopped short of suggesting a reason for the disaster. While the report said the probe would continue, no time limit on the investigation is required, according to the agency’s regulations. China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 – a Boeing 737-800 – crashed into a hillside near Wuzhou, a city in the Guangxi Zhuang... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3214292/year-after-china-eastern-plane-disaster-few-clues-fewer-answers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3214292/year-after-china-eastern-plane-disaster-few-clues-fewer-answers?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Mar 2023 09:34:01 +0000 A relative of a passenger who died on China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 on March 21 has demanded an explanation from the carrier if it is proved that black box data suggested that the plane was intentionally sent on a nosedive. The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the flight controls of the Boeing 737-800 had pushed the plane into a dive, citing people familiar with US officials’ early assessment of the cause of the crash. All 123 passengers and nine crew died in the flight from... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3178168/flight-mu5735-crash-bereaved-relative-demands-answers-airline?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3178168/flight-mu5735-crash-bereaved-relative-demands-answers-airline?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 May 2022 05:30:48 +0000 US investigators believe someone on board deliberately crashed a China Eastern flight in March, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, in what was China’s deadliest air disaster in decades. Data recovered from the black box suggests that someone in the cockpit input controls that sent the plane into its deadly descent, the Journal reported, citing people familiar with US officials’ preliminary assessment of the incident. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft was en route from Kunming to Guangzhou on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3178129/china-eastern-crash-data-suggests-plane-sent-intentional-dive-us-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3178129/china-eastern-crash-data-suggests-plane-sent-intentional-dive-us-report?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 17 May 2022 18:27:16 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3176320/answers-china-eastern-plane-crash-still-elusive-one-month?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/article/3176320/answers-china-eastern-plane-crash-still-elusive-one-month?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 30 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3175946/video-black-box-crashed-china-eastern-airlines-flight-found?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3175946/video-black-box-crashed-china-eastern-airlines-flight-found?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Apr 2022 05:30:06 +0000 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3175945/video-aerial-images-show-site-deadly-crash-boeing-737-800-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3175945/video-aerial-images-show-site-deadly-crash-boeing-737-800-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Apr 2022 05:27:05 +0000 Investigators have found no sign that navigation or monitoring instruments failed on the plane that crashed in southern China last month, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday. Xinhua also said investigators were continuing to analyse data from the two flight recorders on board China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, which were badly damaged in the crash. One of the black boxes stored audio from the cockpit and the other recorded data about the plane’s flight – potentially crucial... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3174911/china-plane-crash-investigators-find-no-evidence-navigation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3174911/china-plane-crash-investigators-find-no-evidence-navigation?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 Apr 2022 10:14:34 +0000 Beijing is expected to submit an early investigation report on Wednesday into last month’s China Eastern Airlines crash, when flight MU5735 descended sharply and slammed into a southern Chinese hillside – killing all 132 on board. However, the report to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) – a United Nations body – is likely to only contain basic facts garnered by investigators, according to air accident specialists, and not analyses and conclusions on why the Boeing 737-800... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3174696/china-eastern-flight-mu5375-early-report-deadly-crash-unlikely?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3174696/china-eastern-flight-mu5375-early-report-deadly-crash-unlikely?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Apr 2022 22:30:15 +0000 The head of China’s Civil Aviation Administration has vowed to reflect on all aspects of the deadly crash of flight MU5735 and step up safety checks with “extreme” vigilance across the industry. Speaking at a teleconference on Wednesday, Feng Zhenglin, director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), told officials to increase their knowledge of air safety regulations and to carry out more thorough inspections to detect hidden risks. China turned around its air safety record, but... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3173380/flight-mu5735-chief-chinas-civil-aviation-authority-vows?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3173380/flight-mu5735-chief-chinas-civil-aviation-authority-vows?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Apr 2022 05:46:49 +0000 A Boeing 737 MAX meant for China Eastern Airlines subsidiary Shanghai Airlines flew from Guam to Shanghai on Thursday, flight tracking websites showed, amid uncertainty over when the model will resume flying in China. Flight BOE631 comes more than three weeks after the first 737 MAX bound for a Chinese customer since a 2019 grounding began its journey from Seattle to Boeing’s completion plant in Zhoushan. The plane, painted in Shanghai Airlines livery, had been stuck on the ground in Guam since... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3173327/boeing-737-max-resumes-china-journey-amid-uncertainty-over?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3173327/boeing-737-max-resumes-china-journey-amid-uncertainty-over?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Apr 2022 01:53:26 +0000 The US National Transportation Safety Board has been helping Chinese officials download two black box recorders that were damaged in the mysterious crash of a Boeing 737 aircraft on March 21. The work to decipher the final sounds caught by cockpit microphones on the doomed China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 aircraft was being carried out in the NTSB’s lab in Washington, spokesman Peter Knudson said in an email. He declined to discuss how or when the cockpit recorder was brought to the lab,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3172988/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-americas-ntsb-helping-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3172988/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-americas-ntsb-helping-chinese?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:43:01 +0000 All 132 people on board China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 were killed when the Boeing 737-800 plunged from a cruising altitude into a hillside in southern China on March 21, sending shock waves across the country. The accident spelled an end to more than 100 million straight hours of safe flying by Chinese carriers, which the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in late February was a world record. It was a rare tragedy after a fairly safe decade for the country’s aviation... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3172778/china-turned-around-its-air-safety-record-how-safe-it?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3172778/china-turned-around-its-air-safety-record-how-safe-it?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 02 Apr 2022 06:00:27 +0000 The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has been tasked with downloading cockpit voice recorder data recovered from the China Eastern Airlines flight that crashed in southern China last month. “NTSB investigators are assisting the Civil Aviation Administration of China with the download of the cockpit voice recorder from China Eastern Flight 5735 in our lab in Washington,” an NTSB representative said in a statement on Friday. The move, first reported by Reuters, comes almost two... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172839/china-eastern-crash-us-transport-safety-board-helping-download?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3172839/china-eastern-crash-us-transport-safety-board-helping-download?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Apr 2022 22:37:25 +0000 Chinese aviation authorities have pledged to publish a report on the results of an investigation into the China Eastern Airlines plane crash within 30 days of the accident. It came as President Xi Jinping called for nationwide safety inspections in the sector at a Politburo Standing Committee meeting on the tragedy on Thursday. Also discussed was the need to support the families of the victims and for investigation results to be released in a timely and transparent manner, state news agency... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3172492/china-promises-public-report-fatal-air-crash-probe-within-30?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3172492/china-promises-public-report-fatal-air-crash-probe-within-30?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 31 Mar 2022 02:41:25 +0000 China has issued visas to American investigators and technical advisers to support its investigation into last week’s deadly crash of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 in that country, the US National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. “The team hopes to depart this week,” the NTSB said in a tweet. In addition to NTSB investigators, China has issued visas to technical advisers from the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing Co. and 737-800 engine maker CFM, the NTSB said. It is... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3172324/china-issues-visas-us-investigators-flight-mu5735?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3172324/china-issues-visas-us-investigators-flight-mu5735?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:35:36 +0000 All 132 victims of the China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 plane crash have been identified through DNA testing, investigators said on Monday as President Xi Jinping paid tribute to the victims of the country’s deadliest aviation disaster in decades. Liu Kaihui, from the Ministry of Public Security’s forensic evidence department, said the process was completed using DNA samples from relatives. “With the help of fingerprint comparisons, we have confirmed the identities of all the victims,” Liu... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3172166/flight-mu5735-dna-tests-confirm-identities-all-china-eastern-airlines?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3172166/flight-mu5735-dna-tests-confirm-identities-all-china-eastern-airlines?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Mar 2022 12:31:21 +0000 Searchers recovered the second black box from the wreckage of China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 on Sunday, pulling it from deep in the hillside in southern China where the plane crashed on Monday, killing all 132 people on board. Zhu Tao, aviation safety chief at the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), said firefighters found the flight data recorder’s storage unit at around 9.20am buried under about 1.5 metres (5 feet) of soil. “After an inspection, save for the storage unit... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3172012/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-second-black-box?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3172012/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-second-black-box?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 27 Mar 2022 03:09:20 +0000 Chinese authorities confirmed on Saturday night that all 132 passengers and crew from China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 were killed when their aircraft crashed in southern China. The announcement from the search and rescue command centre in Wuzhou, near the crash site, was followed by a moment of silence for the dead, state news agency Xinhua reported. The confirmation came as investigators said an electronic device installed near the second “black box” of the aircraft had been recovered, but... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171990/china-eastern-airlines-crash-more-vital-debris-found-wet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171990/china-eastern-airlines-crash-more-vital-debris-found-wet?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Mar 2022 14:09:59 +0000 Families of the victims of the China Eastern Airlines plane crash have been the focus of official support and close monitoring in the aftermath of the worst incident of its kind in decades. In all, 132 people were on board the aircraft when flight MU5735 crashed on Monday near Wuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. No survivors have been found. Officials said on Friday that special “task forces” of at least three people had been assigned to each family. The teams comprise an airline... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171966/china-eastern-airlines-crash-ring-officialdom-around-victims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171966/china-eastern-airlines-crash-ring-officialdom-around-victims?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Mar 2022 08:09:40 +0000 A photograph of a handwritten note from a passenger on China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, which crashed in southern China on Monday with 132 people on board, caused an emotional stir in China this week. The note describes a jade disc, a good-luck pendant that symbolises “peace, luck and safety” in traditional Chinese culture. The note was believed to be written by a female passenger with the surname Xiang, who was in her 20s, according to Thepaper.cn. “The jade disc lucky charm symbolises... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3171908/china-eastern-flight-mu5735-handwritten-note-found-amid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/article/3171908/china-eastern-flight-mu5735-handwritten-note-found-amid?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 26 Mar 2022 01:00:37 +0000 With almost no hope of finding survivors from Monday’s China Eastern Airlines plane crash, the process for compensating the grieving family members of the 123 passengers and nine crew members has begun. On Tuesday, China’s top insurance regulator called on the industry to make an all-out effort to help families with their insurance claims. A total of 21 insurers have also launched their own investigations and are taking part in search and rescue operations, according to the China Banking and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171921/china-eastern-airlines-crash-hopes-lost-compensation-process?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171921/china-eastern-airlines-crash-hopes-lost-compensation-process?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:02:47 +0000 China is willing to play a “constructive role” in encouraging peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, Chinese President Xi Jinping told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a phone call on Friday, state media reported. The call between the two leaders came a day after Johnson travelled to Brussels for a series of crisis meetings between members of Nato, the Group of Seven and the European Union over the Russian war in Ukraine. State news agency Xinhua reported that Xi stressed to Johnson the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171912/china-wants-play-constructive-role-ukraine-crisis-xi-jinping-tells-boris?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171912/china-wants-play-constructive-role-ukraine-crisis-xi-jinping-tells-boris?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2022 13:00:50 +0000 More than 10km (6.2 miles) from where China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crashed, a farmer has found what he suspects to be a piece of aircraft debris, indicating the vast expanse of hilly terrain the search team must cover as they look for answers to why the plane plunged from the sky. Huang Jianyi said he found the piece of metal as he was weeding his paddy fields in the village of Siwang on Tuesday, a day after the Boeing 737-800 carrying 132 people crashed into a hillside in the Guangxi... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171854/china-eastern-flight-5735-suspected-debris-found-10km-crash-site-search?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171854/china-eastern-flight-5735-suspected-debris-found-10km-crash-site-search?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2022 08:24:40 +0000 The search for the second black box from the China Eastern Airlines plane crash continues as experts try to retrieve data from the recovered cockpit voice recorder, according to Chinese air accident investigators. “The Civil Aviation Administration of China laboratory staff have been intensively repairing and downloading data from the device since they received the recorder,” Mao Yanfeng, director of the CAAC’s accident investigation unit, said on Friday. “There is still no definite time when... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171785/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-crash-investigators-find?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171785/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-crash-investigators-find?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Mar 2022 02:22:53 +0000 Boeing has long found itself entangled in the long running trade tensions between Beijing and Washington, but restoring confidence in its key Chinese market is still dependent on the return of the grounded 737 MAX, analysts said. China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, which crashed in the Guangxi autonomous region on Monday, was a Boeing 737-800, which is an older version of the 737 MAX that has been grounded in China since 2019 after 346 people died in two fatal crashes in Indonesia and... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3171706/boeing-737-max-still-key-restoring-confidence-china-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3171706/boeing-737-max-still-key-restoring-confidence-china-us?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:00:26 +0000 The aviation industry has become so safe that any crash immediately attracts global attention. China’s has been especially so for more than a decade, so the slamming of an Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 into a mountain in the southern Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region with the loss of all 132 people on board has generated sorrow at home and around the world. Speculation abounds given the manner in which it plunged to Earth, but nothing is to be gained from guesswork. What matters is a swift and... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3171747/safety-demands-cause-air-tragedy-swiftly-established?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3171747/safety-demands-cause-air-tragedy-swiftly-established?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:15:17 +0000 Air accident investigators have started analysing the cockpit voice recorder recovered from the wreckage of the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week, but warned that it was too soon to say whether it had been damaged. “The downloading and analysis of data is under way after the first black box was sent to a decoding laboratory in Beijing last night,” Zhu Tao, the aviation safety director at the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), told a press conference in Wuzhou, the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171740/china-eastern-mu5735-crash-part-engine-may-have-been-found-cctv?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171740/china-eastern-mu5735-crash-part-engine-may-have-been-found-cctv?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:05:29 +0000 Beijing has urged Chinese local authorities to treat Monday’s deadly China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 crash as a warning and tighten scrutiny of company safety practices. This should be done to prevent major accidents not just in civil aviation, but also other high-risk areas such as mining, chemical production and construction, the central government said on Thursday. All relevant departments and units should “firmly establish the principle of ‘people first, lives first’”, the Ministry of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171708/doomed-china-eastern-flight-mu5735-warning-says-beijing-safety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171708/doomed-china-eastern-flight-mu5735-warning-says-beijing-safety?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Mar 2022 09:32:11 +0000 One of the key tasks after Monday’s plane crash in southern China is to search and retrieve data from the two “black boxes” that could provide vital information about what caused China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 to crash into a hillside in the southern Chinese region of Guangxi. None of the 132 people on board are expected to have survived the country’s deadliest air disaster in decades. One of the black boxes – more accurately known as flight recorders – was found on Wednesday, and the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3171536/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-what-are-black-boxes-or?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3171536/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-what-are-black-boxes-or?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2022 12:00:16 +0000 Rescue teams have found human remains and recovered one of the black box flight recorders from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in southern China on Monday. The Guangxi regional fire and rescue service said human remains and aircraft wreckage had been spotted after they searched an area of 46,000 square metres (500,000 square feet). The black box – believed to be the cockpit voice recorder – was being sent to Beijing for analysis, investigators said late on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171547/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-black-box-found-plane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171547/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-black-box-found-plane?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:12:36 +0000 Dozens of relatives wept and wailed as they regarded the forested crash site of China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 metres away, shouting messages to missing loved ones who had been aboard the plane that plunged from the sky on Monday. Standing behind a makeshift wooden table where they laid white and yellow chrysanthemums and burnt candles to pay respect to the dead, some called for their relatives to come home, while the voices of others shook so much they could not be understood. Family... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171514/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-frustration-over-lack?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171514/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-frustration-over-lack?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2022 07:14:41 +0000 The crash of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 on Monday with 132 people on board has prompted condolences from around the world. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his sympathy via a Weibo post from the embassy in Beijing that read: “Please accept my most heartfelt condolences. Russia feels the pain of those who have lost their families in this tragedy.” Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping established what they call a “no-limits” friendship at a summit ahead of the 2022... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3171410/china-eastern-airlines-flight-5735-world-leaders-express?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3171410/china-eastern-airlines-flight-5735-world-leaders-express?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2022 03:07:42 +0000 Flight data provided by an air traffic monitoring service has depicted a battle for control of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, suggesting the plane pulled out of a 22,000 foot nosedive and briefly started climbing before a second dive sent it crashing into the ground. No survivors have been found in the wreckage of the Boeing 737-800 that crashed on Monday in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. There were 132 people aboard. The data published by FlightRadar24 suggests the plane was at an... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171470/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-data-suggest-pilots-pulled-out?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171470/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-data-suggest-pilots-pulled-out?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2022 23:24:27 +0000 Investigators combing the wreckage of a plane crash in southern China said on Tuesday that they still had not been able to locate the Boeing 737-800’s flight recorders or identify what caused the plane to go down. China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 with 132 people on board came down in a steep, heavily wooded site in Teng county, near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on Monday afternoon. No survivors have been found. “The aircraft was severely damaged, making the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171449/no-sign-black-box-china-eastern-airlines-plane-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171449/no-sign-black-box-china-eastern-airlines-plane-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:48:01 +0000 A desperate hunt for survivors is going on in the hills of Teng county in southern China after China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 crashed on Monday with 132 passengers and crew on board. Shards of wreckage from the wings and fuselage of the Boeing 737-800 have been recovered, together with several identity cards, wallets and banknotes in a valley surrounded by bamboo and trees with traces of scorching, according to footage from state broadcaster CCTV. There was no sign of fatalities in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171425/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-debris-and-belongings?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3171425/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-debris-and-belongings?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:00:26 +0000 The crash of a China Eastern Airlines flight on Monday piles on the woes for an industry that’s still struggling with 200 billion yuan (US$31.4 billion) of losses from a pandemic-led slump. Rescue efforts for the 132 passengers and crew aboard flight MU5735 were ongoing in the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi province on Tuesday, as President Xi Jinping demanded an all-out search for survivors and an investigation into safety issues in the civil aviation industry. The accident sent ripples through... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3171412/china-eastern-airlines-crash-heaps-pressure-aviation-sector?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3171412/china-eastern-airlines-crash-heaps-pressure-aviation-sector?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:38:35 +0000 No survivors have so far been found after China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 crashed on Monday in southern China with 132 passengers and crew on board. Thousands of firefighters and police were searching the area after the Boeing 737-800 plane crashed into a steep, heavily wooded site in Teng county, near the city of Wuzhou in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. State broadcaster CCTV reported that plane debris and personal belongings had been found in the area. The Civil Aviation Administration... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171351/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-rescue-efforts-yet-find-any?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171351/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-rescue-efforts-yet-find-any?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Mar 2022 02:53:41 +0000 The crash of flight MU5735 on Monday could raise a safety alarm in China where aviation authorities had just marked a record safety milestone. In all, 132 people were on board the China Eastern Airlines’ Boeing 737-800 airliner that went down near Wuzhou in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The crash was a shock not only in terms of the potential fatalities but also because such incidents have been rare in the last two decades. Chinese civil aviation has generally had a good safety record in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171314/air-tragedy-china-after-decade-aviation-safety?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171314/air-tragedy-china-after-decade-aviation-safety?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2022 23:00:27 +0000 The chilling video captured a scene rarely recorded: a commercial airliner in a near-vertical nosedive, hurtling toward the ground at hundreds of kilometres an hour. The footage of what appeared to be flight MU5735’s final few moments was shared widely on Chinese social media on Monday, hours after the Boeing 737-800 operated by China Eastern Airlines crashed into a forested hillside in southern Guangxi province, around an hour after taking off in neighbouring Yunnan. Rescue teams raced to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171336/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-air-safety-experts-study-video-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171336/china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735-air-safety-experts-study-video-and?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:53:34 +0000 All 132 passengers and crew on board an China Eastern Airlines flight were feared dead on Monday after the plane crashed into a mountain in southern China. There had been no official confirmation of any casualties seven hours after the crash, raising concerns that there was little chance of finding survivors. Rescue work swung into operation after the Boeing 737-800 went down near Wuzhou in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, state broadcaster CCTV reported, adding that more than 600 firefighters... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171258/chinese-plane-crashes-132-passengers-and-crew-board?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3171258/chinese-plane-crashes-132-passengers-and-crew-board?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:42:34 +0000