ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 318833
| Date: | Monday 21 March 2022 |
| Time: | 06:22 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-89P (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | China Eastern Airlines |
| Registration: | B-1791 |
| MSN: | 41474/5453 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2015 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-7B26E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 132 / Occupants: 132 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 20 km SW of Wuzhou, Tengxian County -
 China
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG/ZPPP) |
| Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN/ZGGG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
China Eastern Airlines flight 5735, a Boeing 737-800, crashed in a mountainous area 20 km southwest of Wuzhou, Tengxian County, China.
The aircraft departed Kunming Changshui International Airport at 13:15 (05:15 UTC) on a domestic passenger service to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.
The aircraft was cruising
ADS-B flight tracking data from Flightradar24 shows the aircraft at 29,100 feet, flying along Airway 599 towards Guangzhou. ADS-B data released by Flightradar24 suggest the descent started between 06:20:43 and 06:20:59. Altitude datapoint show the descent stopped about 06:22:00 around 7400 feet and the aircraft climbed to about 8600 feet before the aircraft again entered a steep descent. The last recorded datapoint was at 06:22:35 at 3225 feet. CCTV footage and dashcam appears to show the aircraft in an extremely steep descent before it crashed in a wooded mountainous area.
The location where the descent from 29100 feet was initiated, coincides with the point where flight MU5735 began its descent (also from 29100 feet), the day before the accident.
Sources:
CCTV News
Flightradar24 track
CAAC Preliminary release
Location
Images:
photo (c) Pascal Simon; Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi International Airport (BKK/VTBS); 07 December 2019
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