On March 21, 2022, a Boeing 737 of China Eastern Airlines lost contact over Wuzhou while performing the Kunming Guangzhou flight. At present, it has been confirmed that the plane crashed. There are 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members.
The Civil Aviation Administration has started the emergency mechanism and sent a working group to the scene
Xi Jinping gave important instructions on the crash of China Eastern Airlines passenger plane
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. There were 123 passengers and 9 crew members on board.
After the accident, the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the state and chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping immediately gave important instructions and was surprised to learn that China Eastern Airlines flight mu5735 crashed. It was necessary to immediately start the emergency mechanism, fully organize search and rescue and properly deal with the aftermath. The State Council appointed leading comrades to coordinate and deal with the accident as soon as possible, find out the causes of the accident, draw inferences from one instance, strengthen the investigation of potential safety hazards in the field of civil aviation, pay close attention to the implementation of responsibilities, and ensure the absolute safety of aviation operation and the absolute safety of people’s lives.
Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, gave instructions, requiring all efforts to search for survivors, do everything possible to treat the wounded, properly deal with the aftermath, do a good job in appeasing and serving the families of the victims, seek truth from facts, timely and accurately release information, seriously and strictly identify the causes of the accident, and take effective measures to strengthen civil aviation safety management.
According to Xi Jinping instructions and Li Keqiang’s requirements, CAAC, emergency management department and other relevant departments have sent working groups to the scene to guide the disposal, and dispatched rescue forces from Guangxi and Guangdong to the scene to participate in the rescue. At present, on-site rescue, aftermath disposal and accident cause investigation are in progress. (source: Xinhua News Agency)
China Eastern Airlines has launched an emergency mechanism for the crash of a Boeing 737 with 132 people on board
On the afternoon of March 21, 2022, the Civil Aviation Administration confirmed that a Boeing 737 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines crashed.
A Boeing 737 of China Eastern Airlines lost contact over Wuzhou while carrying out the Kunming Guangzhou flight. At present, it has been confirmed that the plane crashed. There are 132 people on board, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members. The Civil Aviation Administration has started the emergency mechanism and sent a working group to the scene.
According to the data displayed by the civil aviation resource network, before that, China’s civil aviation had operated safely for 4227 days.
accident aircraft is Boeing 737 aircraft operated by China Eastern Airlines
According to an earlier report by China Central Television News, the plane had an accident in Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, and triggered a mountain fire. At present, the rescue team has gathered and is approaching, and the casualties are unknown.
Guangxi fire said that at present, it urgently mobilized rescue forces to rush to Wuzhou, Guangxi to deal with the rescue work after the plane crash. Rescue is in progress.
According to the flight steward, the flight departs from Changshui, Kunming and arrives in Guangzhou. The flight number is mu5735. The actual departure time is 13:15 and the estimated arrival time is 15:05.
The flight was carried out by a 737800 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines Yunnan, Registration No. b-1791. It was delivered on June 22, 2015. At present, the aircraft is 6.8 years old and adopts a 162 seat two-level cabin layout (12 business class and 150 economy class).
According to the data of flight Changzhou app, flight mu5735 was 886968 meters high at 14:20, and finally disappeared at 1333.5 at 14:22. The local altitude was about 200300 meters.
China Eastern Airlines Hong Kong stocks plunged late in the session and Boeing fell sharply before the session
After the news of the accident was released, China Eastern Airlines plunged in the late trading, closing down 6.56%.
Boeing, the supplier of the accident model, also fell sharply before the US stock market, with a decline of more than 7%.
As China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited(600115) a shares closed before the accident fermentation, the share price has not been affected yet. Today, China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited(600115) shares rose 2.15% to 5.69 yuan / share.
China Eastern Airlines Yunnan Co., Ltd. is a holding company under China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited(600115) company. China Eastern Airlines Yunnan was founded in 2010 with a registered capital of 3.662 billion yuan. In the first half of 2021, China Eastern Airlines Yunnan achieved an operating revenue of 3.517 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 57.50%, a net profit of 33 million yuan and a year-on-year loss of 795 million yuan; The passenger transportation turnover was 699803 million passenger kilometers, with a year-on-year increase of 82.31%, and 5.5291 million passengers, with a year-on-year increase of 74.86%. By the end of the first half of 2021, China Eastern Airlines Yunnan had operated 82 b787-9 and B737 series aircraft in total. (source: Securities Times)
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