The last seconds of the Chinese plane before crashing down the mountain

NDTV News Citing a video recorded from a security camera, China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 bearing the number MU5735 gradually lost altitude, plummeted to the ground at great speed, followed by is an explosion.

The entire video recording the last seconds of flight MU5735 was recorded by a security camera at a quarry near the plane’s crash site.

Earlier, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said that a Boeing 737-800 bearing number MU5735 carrying 132 passengers and crew crashed while on a journey from Kunming to Guangzhou. MU5735 lost contact while flying over Wuzhou city in Guangxi province.

Video: The last seconds of the Chinese plane before plunging into the mountain

Aviation data from FlightRadar24 website shows that MU5735 gradually decreased from 8,869 m to more than 2,700 m in just 2 minutes 15 seconds, the next 20 seconds the plane crashed into the mountains on the outskirts of Wuzhou city.

Also according to FlightRadar24, MU5735’s signal disappeared from the system at 14:22, on March 21 (local time).

NDTV News Citing aviation experts, it usually takes 30 minutes to gradually reduce altitude and land an aircraft, but the case of MU5735 took place in less than 3 minutes.

The number of casualties in the accident is unknown at this time.

There are sheets left People Daily Citing an official from Guangxi province, the possibility of finding a victim alive after the accident was quite low.

China Eastern Airlines confirmed the crash and the number of people on board on Weibo. The airline also said that functional forces had arrived at the scene of the plane crash and opened a hotline for family members.

According to state media CCTVChinese President Xi Jinping said he was “shocked” to learn about the incident. Xi Jinping instructed the relevant officials to activate the emergency mechanism immediately and investigate the cause of the accident as soon as possible.