It has been 6 hours since China Eastern Airlines flight mu5735 lost contact in Teng County, Wuzhou City. Previously, it was confirmed by the Civil Aviation Administration of China that the Boeing 737 crashed during the Kunming Guangzhou flight, with a total of 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members.
CAAC launched the emergency mechanism. Source: CAAC
multiple emergency mechanisms activated Boeing: gathering more information
At about 14:38 on March 21, China Eastern Airlines flight mu5735 lost contact and crashed over Wuzhou City, Guangxi, while performing the Kunming Guangzhou mission. Mu5735 was originally planned to take off from Changshui, Kunming at 13:10 on March 21 and arrive at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport at 14:52. The executive flight is Boeing 737800 (NG), with an age of 6.8 years.
At present, the Civil Aviation Administration of China has launched an emergency mechanism and sent a working group to the scene Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Company Limited(600004) also set up a temporary reception area near gate 27 of terminal T1 to accommodate the families of passengers.
In addition, China Eastern Airlines has also started the emergency mechanism, sent a working group to the scene, and has opened an emergency assistance telephone: 4008495530 The working group sent by China Eastern Airlines flew flight mu799 to Wuzhou, Guangxi at 18:00 tonight. At the same time, various groups have been set up to deal with follow-up matters. In addition, according to the announcement of China Eastern Airlines, the cause of the plane crash is still under investigation, and the company will actively cooperate with relevant investigations.
For the crash, Boeing China said, “we have seen relevant reports and are collecting more information.”
multi party assistance team has arrived at the site
After the incident, many fire brigades were sent to the scene for support. According to Nanning fire news, at about 15 pm, Nanning fire rescue detachment received the dispatch of Guangxi fire rescue corps, quickly gathered fire rescue forces and rushed to Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi to reinforce the disposal of Boeing 737 aircraft crash.
According to the fire rescue administration of the emergency management department, after receiving the alarm, Wuzhou fire rescue detachment immediately dispatched 23 fire engines and 117 fire rescue personnel to the rescue, and the first battle forces arrived at the scene of the accident to carry out rescue.
Guangxi fire rescue Corps quickly launched the emergency plan, and the full service headquarters rushed to the scene and dispatched 538 fire rescue personnel from Nanning, Liuzhou, Guilin, Beihai, Yulin, Hezhou, Laibin and Hechi detachment to reinforce. Guangdong Provincial Fire Rescue Corps sent 5 detachment, 97 vehicles and 505 people to the scene for reinforcements, and the first batch of reinforcements have arrived at the scene.
In addition, the forest fire department has sent 450 garrison troops from Zhaoqing, Guangdong and Guilin, Guangxi to the scene.
China Eastern Airlines official website and official wechat adjusted to black and white
The official website and official wechat of China Eastern Airlines changed to black and white on the afternoon of the 21stP align = “center” official website of CAAC.
According to the official website of China Eastern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited(600115) is one of the three major state-owned backbone airlines in China and the first Chinese aviation enterprise listed in New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
According to the operation data of February 2022 released by China Eastern Airlines A-share, in February 2022, the company introduced an A350 aircraft. By the end of February 2022, the company had operated 752 aircraft in total, including 261 self owned aircraft, 275 financial leasing aircraft and 216 operating leasing aircraft.
According to media reports, the mu5735 flight carried out by China Eastern Airlines is a Boeing 737800 airliner. Boeing 737800 belongs to 737NG. Before the launch of 737max, it was the main model of Boeing single channel. At present, it is the most used Boeing airliner in China and one of the most popular single channel airliners in the world.
Some media found that Boeing 737800 had many serious accidents in the five years from 2016 to 2020.
In addition, the Civil Aviation Administration of China introduced in February this year that as of February 19, 2022, the continuous safe flight time of civil aviation transportation in China has exceeded 100 million hours. (end)
