Chinese aviation authorities said Tuesday they had found no survivors so far from a crashed China Eastern jet nearly 36 hours after it plunged into a ...
The company said it was closely monitoring rescue developments and would arrange support for her family. The group has 225 of the aircraft, data from British aviation consultancy IBA shows. The cockpit voice recorder could also yield clues to what went wrong once it is found. ADS-B is a technology that allows aircraft to be tracked. Rain was forecast for the area this week. “Although I was far away, I could still see that it was a plane.
A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines with 132 people on board crashed on Monday in Guangxi, China.
"The agency is ready to assist in investigation efforts if asked." Boeing is in contact with the U. S. National Transportation Safety Board and our technical experts are prepared to assist with the investigation led by the Civil Aviation Administration of China." The U. S. National Transportation Safety Board is providing support and has appointed a senior air safety investigator to the incident. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) will lead the investigation. The aircraft had been in service since 2015. A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines with 132 people on board crashed on Monday in Guangxi, China.
China's aviation administration said the 132 people on board included 123 passengers and nine crew members. The flight, MU5735, lost contact around 2:15pm local ...
The Civil Aviation Administration of China confirmed the crash and said an emergency rescue team was sent to the crash site. * "Our thoughts are with the passengers and crew of China Eastern Airlines Flight MU 5735. We are working with our airline customer and are ready to support them," Boeing said in a statement, adding that it is ready to assist the Civil Aviation Administration of China's investigation into the crash.
A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote, mountainous region of China Monday. There do not appear to be any survivors.
In a statement, Boeing says, our thoughts are with the passengers and crew of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735, adding that the company is in contact with the U. S. National Transportation Safety Board and ready to assist with the investigation led by Chinese authorities. SCHAPER: The plane that crashed was a 737-800, a version of the popular Boeing jetliner called NG for next generation that preceded the troubled 737 Max. So this plane did not have the MCAS flight control system that was partially to blame in two Max crashes in recent years. Even if this aircraft, you know, came in at what we call a high-velocity, high-angle type of impact, there's still going to be clues at the crash site that can help with the investigation. The impact of the crash sparked a forest fire so big it was visible from space on NASA satellite images. DAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE: China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 took off from the airport in Kunming on its way to Gwangju at about 3:15 in the afternoon local time, 5:15 a.m. Universal time. PETCHENIK: And then from there began another rapid descent.
A listed company's chief financial officer and people working for an accounting firm were among those on board.
State media report no survivors after a Boeing 737-800 flight crashed into mountainous terrain with 132 on board.
Hu Xijin, a former editor of the Global Times, China’s nationalistic tabloid, called for the company to keep people updated, perhaps referring to the public furore and eventual arrests after officials covered up the true extent of the death toll in last year’s Henan flood disaster. Another man, surnamed Yan, told Reuters a 29-year-old colleague was on the plane, and he was left to notify their mother. However some details about those onboard have begun to come through as families gathered at the plane’s destination airport in Guangdong, and the airline’s office in Yunnan. According to local reports, a group of six were heading to Guangzhou for a funeral. Footage of the crash site showed a deep scar in the earth and indiscernible wreckage scattered across the area. ID cards and wallets have reportedly been found at the scene but the plane’s black box has yet to be located and the cause of the crash is not yet known. Villagers reported the sound of explosions and a raging fire.
A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in a remote, mountainous region of China Monday. There do not appear to be any survivors.
In a statement, Boeing says, our thoughts are with the passengers and crew of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735, adding that the company is in contact with the U. S. National Transportation Safety Board and ready to assist with the investigation led by Chinese authorities. SCHAPER: The plane that crashed was a 737-800, a version of the popular Boeing jetliner called NG for next generation that preceded the troubled 737 Max. So this plane did not have the MCAS flight control system that was partially to blame in two Max crashes in recent years. Even if this aircraft, you know, came in at what we call a high-velocity, high-angle type of impact, there's still going to be clues at the crash site that can help with the investigation. The impact of the crash sparked a forest fire so big it was visible from space on NASA satellite images. DAVID SCHAPER, BYLINE: China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 took off from the airport in Kunming on its way to Gwangju at about 3:15 in the afternoon local time, 5:15 a.m. Universal time. PETCHENIK: And then from there began another rapid descent.
In China's worst air disaster in more than a decade, the Boeing 737-800 -- carrying 132 people -- crashed Monday afternoon in a remote, mountainous region in ...
HONG KONG—Rescuers combed through the wreckage Tuesday of the plane that crashed in southern China but haven't found any survivors at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Corp. Boeing 737 carrying 132 people plummeted to the ground a day earlier.