On 21 March 2022, a Boeing 737-800 of China Eastern Airlines crashed in the mountain region of Guangxi.
The flight MU 5735 took off from the metropolis of Kunming (southwest China) shortly after 1:00 pm local time, bound for Guangzhou (southern China).
According to the preliminary information, the aircraft fell nearly 8 000 meters in less than three minutes before disappearing from radar screens after 2:22 pm, local time. This air crash is believed to be the deadliest in China since 1994.
The plane was carrying 132 people, including 123 passengers and 9 crew members. The death toll and the cause of the crash are yet to be confirmed.
According to the rescuers, the bodies would probably be entirely burned by the explosion of the Boeing and by the fire which started after the fall of the plane. The search for the bodies appears to be complicated due to the rugged terrain.
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