{"id":123505,"date":"2022-03-21T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=123505"},"modified":"2022-03-21T21:51:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T21:51:36","slug":"a-china-eastern-airlines-boeing-737-crashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/03\/a-china-eastern-airlines-boeing-737-crashes.html","title":{"rendered":"A China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 crashes in southern China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A <strong>China Eastern Airlines<\/strong> passenger plane with 132 people on board crashed Monday in the mountains of southern China while on a flight between Kunming and Guangzhou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plane is a 6-year-old 737-800, according to Flightradar24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We can confirm that the plane has crashed,&#8221; China Eastern Airlines said in a statement in which it also gave details of a hotline for relatives of those on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/03\/australia-netherlands-start-action-against-russia-over-flight-mh17.html\">Australia, Netherlands start ICAO action against Russia over flight MH17.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local media said there were no signs of survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plane, with 123 passengers and nine crew on board, lost contact over the city of Wuzhou, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CAAC said an emergency team had been dispatched to the crash site. Media reports quoted a rescue official as saying that the plane had completely disintegrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/02\/airbus-and-air-france-will-be-tried.html\">Airbus and Air France will be tried for 2009 accident.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flight left Kunming at 1:11 p.m. and had been due to land in Guangzhou at 3:05 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plane, which Flightradar24 said was six years old, had been cruising at 29,100 feet at 0620 GMT. 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