According to the announcement of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited(600115) ( China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited(600115) . SH), on March 21, a Boeing 737 passenger plane of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, lost contact over Wuzhou, Guangxi while carrying out the flight mission from Kunming to Guangzhou. At present, the plane crash has been confirmed. There are 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members.
The first financial reporter learned from many sources that the specific crash site of the airliner was the mountain forest near shentangbiao, molang village, langnan Town, Teng County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province. According to the latest news of Guangxi fire control, at present, the first rescue forces to arrive have found the wreckage and debris of the airliner, but the remains of the victims have not been found.
On March 21, the police of Guangxi Tengxian Public Security Bureau searched and rescued around the crash site (mobile phone photo). Issued by Xinhua News Agency (provided by Guangxi Tengxian Public Security Bureau)
No active participation in the search and rescue of the wounded
At about 4 p.m. on the 21st, the first financial reporter called several hospitals in Teng County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi Province. The other party has sent medical personnel and vehicles, but no casualties have been received.
The staff of Tengxian people’s Hospital replied that at more than two o’clock in the afternoon, they received a notice from their superiors that a plane crashed locally. The hospital immediately sent a number of medical staff and vehicles to the scene to participate in the rescue, and the rest stayed in the hospital to stand by at any time. But so far, no injured people have been sent to the hospital. Previously, the video sent back to the hospital by colleagues showed that no traces of casualties were found at the scene, and all efforts are being made to search.
Tengxian Hospital of traditional Chinese medicine told reporters that rescue forces had been sent out, but no one came back. Teng County langnan Town Central Health Center told reporters that it had sent people to send cars, but the scene was unclear. In addition, the staff of Tengxian Second People’s hospital told reporters that the hospital is far from the scene and is dominated by rescue forces such as Tengxian people’s hospital.
At about 6 pm, the first financial reporter called the emergency department of Wuzhou people’s hospital. Relevant staff confirmed that medical personnel had been sent to participate in the rescue. When asked whether he had received the injured, the other party replied that he was actively dealing with it, but the specific situation had to wait for official notice. At the end of the call, the staff member added: “we should be prepared to actively rescue.”
Near 21:00, the first financial reporter called the emergency department of Wuzhou people’s hospital again to understand the rescue situation. The staff replied that the rescue was uniformly deployed by the city, and the hospital has organized forces to rescue, and the specific situation should be notified by the official.
In addition, students from Wuzhou University told the first finance and economics reporter in the evening that around 6 p.m., several blood donation vehicles drove into the north campus, and many students actively lined up to donate blood.
Subsequently, the staff of Wuzhou central blood station confirmed to the first financial reporter that the above vehicles were dispatched by the center. She said that the blood collection work was not carried out temporarily due to the lack of local blood volume, but to increase reserves and facilitate call at any time. As of about 8 pm, blood collection had been successfully completed.
In addition, according to the Guangxi Health Commission, after the accident, the Guangxi Health Commission attached great importance to it and sent an expert group to the scene to organize emergency medical rescue work at the first time. 12 trauma experts from Guangxi Medical Committee and tengjian Medical Committee rushed to Guangxi to support the team.
At present, Wuzhou Health Committee has sent more than 80 medical staff and 36 ambulances to the scene, set up rescue points at the scene, arrange first-line and second-line treatment hospitals, set up fast passages, and prepare blood and various rescue materials and equipment. More than 50 of the first batch of psychological experts from all over Guangxi are rushing to the scene one after another.
the mountain fire after the crash has been put out
According to the data of flight data service company “flying standard”, flight mu5735 has been cruising at an altitude of about 8869 meters since taking off from Kunming airport. At 2:19 p.m. on the 21st, the plane suddenly dropped from the cruise altitude, and the flight speed began to decline from about 845 kilometers per hour. At 2:21, flight mu5735 lost ADS-B radar signal and lost contact with the ground.
According to the news from Wuzhou meteorological society, there were many clouds in Wuzhou on the 21st. It was sunny in the morning, but dark clouds gathered in the afternoon and showers in some places. Due to the combined influence of strong cold air and shear line, Wuzhou will have obvious cooling, rainfall process and strong convective weather such as short-term thunderstorm and strong wind from tonight. It is expected that there will be moderate rain, local heavy rain to rainstorm in the city tonight, accompanied by strong convective weather such as short-term thunderstorm and strong wind. During the day tomorrow, there will be moderate rain, local heavy rain to rainstorm, accompanied by strong convective weather such as short-term thunderstorm and strong wind.
Guangxi fire news said that at 15:05 on the 21st, after receiving the alarm, Wuzhou fire rescue detachment immediately dispatched 23 fire engines and 117 fire rescue workers to the rescue. The first battle force has arrived at the scene of the accident to carry out rescue. Guangxi fire rescue Corps quickly launched the emergency plan. The full service headquarters rushed to the scene and dispatched 538 fire rescue personnel from Nanning, Liuzhou, Guilin, Beihai, Yulin, Guigang, Hezhou, Laibin and Hechi detachment to reinforce.
The live video released by China Central Television and other media showed that the crash site was in the mountains and forests, with aircraft debris scattered on the scene and scorched traces on the ground. There was fire and smoke nearby.
A villager in Teng County told first finance and economics that when the plane crashed, although it caused a fire, the fire was soon extinguished. Information on the wounded injured due to the fire has not been learned. As for the mountain fire video spread by some netizens, it is another place.
According to Xinhua news agency, the forest fire caused by the crash of China Eastern Airlines passenger plane has been put out. The crash site is a mountain depression, with two or three meters of wing debris and many clothes fragments.
“We are now preparing for a press conference, when the latest news will be announced.” At about 8 pm, Wu Haijin, deputy director of the Publicity Department of Tengxian county Party committee, director of the county press and Publication Bureau and director of the county financial media center, said.