The crash is one of the rare events in aviation history, where an aircraft has had an accident while at a cruising altitude. Around the time it should have begun its descent towards its destination, the aircraft nosedived towards the mountains in Teng country in Guanxi province. According to...
Before Monday, the last fatal crash of a Chinese airliner occurred in August 2010, when an Embraer ERJ 190-100 operated by Henan Airlines hit the ground short of the runway in the northeastern city of Yichun and caught fire. All 44 people on board were killed. Investigators blamed pilot err...
BEIJING, April 20 (Xinhua) -- China's civil aviation regulator on Wednesday gave a briefing on a preliminary investigation report on the China Eastern Airlines passenger plane crash in March. The report contains information about the plane's flight history, crew and maintenance personnel, airworthin...
东航MU5735事故调查初步报告公布 China's civil aviation regulator on Wednesday gave a briefing on a preliminary investigation of the China Eastern Airlines passenger plane crash in March. The report contains information about the plane's flight history, crew ...
The investigators found the captain's deviation from initiating a missed approach procedure under given circumstances as the primary cause of the crash. The first officer was found to lack the required training and experience on the Boeing 747. The investigation report also held China Airlines respon...
Flight 5735 departed Kunming Changshui International Airport, which serves the capital of the Yunnan province and is the hub for China Eastern Airlines, at 13:00 local time (0500 GMT). The estimated time of arrival at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in the Guangdong province was 15:05....
History of China AirlinesAlthough China Airlines (CAL) became something of a pariah when the United Nations recognized the People's Republic of China as that country's true government, the sheer power of the Taiwanese economy propelled it to become one of the world's most profitable airlines, ...
Family members of crash victims accommodated, given assistance: Airline A total of 305 family members of 56 passengers on China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 have been accommodated in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, after the plane crashed on Monday, said Liu Xiaodong, head of the airl...
Aviation safety experts increasingly see only a few plausible reasons why a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plunged into the ground on 21 March, killing all 132 people aboard. Details about the crash remain sparse, but the information available seems to suggest either that the jet...
-investigators looking into the crash of a china eastern airlines jet are examining the actions of the crew on the flight deck, with no evidence found of a technical malfunction, two people briefed on the matter said. in mainland china's deadliest aviation disaster for 28 years,...