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United States China plane crash – live: State broadcaster says no survivors found as Boeing 737 fleet grounded
Emergency services start rescue mission after passenger plane crashes in south China
China’s state broadcaster says no survivors have been found at the site where a Boeing 737 airplane crashed on Monday.
China Eastern has grounded its entire Boeing 737-800 fleet after the passenger plane carrying 132 people went down, with officials said to be concerned all those onboard have died.
CCTV reported on Tuesday morning, around 18 hours after the crash, that “wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, but up until now, none of those aboard the plane with whom contact was lost has been found”.
The crash – China’s worst air disaster in almost a decade – saw the plane come down in a mountainous region in southern China. Smoke could be seen rising from hills near the city of Wuzhou, in Teng county, in the province of Guangxi, after the Boeing 737 plummeted 30,000ft in two minutes.
President Xi Jinping has ordered an immediate investigation into the crash, and officials say the country’s vice-premier is overseeing the search and rescue operation.
A day after the crash, Boeing China will “cooperate” with China Eastern Airlines and will provide support, the company said on Tuesday.
The Global Times reported that the company is in touch with the National Transportation Safety Board in the United States and has asked its technical experts to aid the Civil Aviation Administration of China in conducting the investigation.
The China Eastern plane, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft, was carrying 132 people when it crashed in hills near the city of Wuzhou, in the Guangxi region.
Maroosha Muzaffar22 March 2022 04:30
Even though the black box from the China Eastern 737 is yet to be retrieved, a Chinese aviation expert has said that it is likely that the plane lost engine power and this resulted in the pilot losing control of the aircraft.
Wang Ya’nan, the chief editor of Beijing-based Aerospace Knowledge, was quoted by the Global Times as saying that “it could be a very serious technical failure in which the plane inevitably enters a high-speed descent”.
He however made it clear that the specific cause can only be determined after the black box is recovered and analysed.
The Chinese state broadcaster has reported that there were no survivors found at the site of the crash on Tuesday.
Maroosha Muzaffar22 March 2022 04:22
China’s vice-premier Liu He and state councillor Wang Yong have been assigned to oversee the rescue operations in the China Eastern 737 crash that is feared to have killed all 132 people on board.
On Monday, the Chinese premier Xi Jinping had said that he was “shocked to learn” about the tragic incident.
Flight data showed that the plane disappeared from radar two minutes after it suddenly plummeted from an altitude of around 8,869 metres.
State broadcaster reported on Tuesday that no survivors have been found at the site of the crash near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region.
Xinhua reported that there were no foreign passengers on board.
Maroosha Muzaffar22 March 2022 03:35
China’s state broadcaster has said that no survivors have been found in Tuesday’s plane crash.
CCTV reported today that even as the “wreckage of the plane was found at the scene, but up until now, none of those aboard the plane with whom contact was lost has been found.”
The plane carrying 132 people crashed on Monday in the mountainous area of China — and was touted to be the worst air disaster in a decade.
The Boeing 737-800 crashed near the city of Wuzhou in the Guangxi region while flying from Kunming in the southwestern province of Yunnan to Guangzhou along the east coast.
Xinhua news agency reported that the crash created a deep pit in the mountainside.
Maroosha Muzaffar22 March 2022 03:15
That’s it for tonight’s coverage.
Come back tomorrow for more rolling updates.
Ella Glover22 March 2022 00:09
Boeing will offer the full support of its its technical experts in the investigation of the crash, its CEO announced.
Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told employees on Monday he was limited by what Boeing could say about the investigation being led by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, but offered the company’s full support, Reuters reported.
“Trust that we will be doing everything we can to support our customer and the accident investigation during this difficult time, guided by our commitment to safety, transparency, and integrity at every step,” Calhoun said.
Ella Glover21 March 2022 23:14
Some relatives of the 132 passengers on the Boeing 737 have been pictured waiting for their loved ones at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.
Some are seated in a specifically cordoned off area.
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Ella Glover21 March 2022 22:20
In this photo taken by a mobile phone, and released by the Xinhua News Agency, a piece of wreckage of China Eastern’s MU5735 flight are seen after it crashed on the mountain in Tengxian County
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People talk to at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport staff before entering the area where relatives of the passengers wait for news
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Police officers stand guard at the entrance of a village leading to the wreckage
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A screengrab of smoke billowing above a bamboo forest after a China Eastern Airlines passenger flight crashed with 132 people aboard
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Sam Hancock21 March 2022 21:06
A so-called “working group” from China Eastern Airlines has arrived in Wuzhou City, near where a Boeing 737 jet crashed on Monday, according to state-run channel CGTN.
It is thought the officials are in the area as part of the investigation into what happened.
Whether they will assist rescue workers with their operation was not known.
Sam Hancock21 March 2022 20:42
Emergency services start rescue mission after passenger plane crashes in south China
Sam Hancock21 March 2022 20:26
