Status: | Information is only available from news or social media reports |
Date: | Monday 21 March 2022 |
Time: | 06:22 UTC |
Type: | ![]() Boeing 737-89P (WL) |
Operator: | China Eastern Airlines |
Registration: | B-1791 |
MSN: | 41474/5453 |
First flight: | 5 June 2015 (6 years 10 months) |
Engines: | 2 CFMI CFM56-7B26E |
Crew: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 9 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 123 |
Total: | Fatalities: / Occupants: 133 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | Tengxian, Guangxi (![]() |
Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Kunming Wujiaba International Airport (KMG/ZPPP), China |
Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (CAN/ZGGG), China | |
Flightnumber: | MU5735 |
China Eastern Airlines flight 5735, a Boeing 737-800, crashed in a mountain range in Tengxian, Guangxi, China, according to local media.
The aircraft departed Kunming International Airport at 05:15 UTC on a domestic passenger service to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. ADS-B flight tracking data from Flightradar24 shows the aircraft at 29,100 feet until data show a sudden and steep descent at 06:22 UTC.
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.
» Flightradar24 track
Distance from Kunming Wujiaba International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport as the crow flies is 1078 km (674 miles).
Accident location: Exact; deduced from official accident report.