Thoughts on China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735

Francisco Villarreal-Valderrama
2 min readMar 22, 2022

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was a flight from China Eastern Airlines from Kunming to Guangzhou, China. This flight was intended for domestic passengers.

Source: https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-plane-crash-what-to-know-about-boeing-flight-11647884381

On 21 March 2022, the Boeing 737–89P started a steep descend and impacted the ground at high speed, killing the passengers and crew aboard. The crash ocurred in Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

The search for survivors continues. Nonetheless, the difficult terrain of Guangxi provinve is hindering the recovery work.

Hundreds of responders have been scouring the steeply forested slopes in Wuzhou where debris from the plane was strewn after it broke apart and set fire to the hillside.

Until this moment, there had been no official word on casualties until China’s Civil Aviation Administration held its news briefing, some 36 hours after the disaster.

Crash investigators also had no information on why China Eastern flight MU5735 plummeted out of the sky on…

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Francisco Villarreal-Valderrama
Francisco Villarreal-Valderrama

Written by Francisco Villarreal-Valderrama

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