China finds many objects from crashed plane

The South China Morning Post, citing information from Chinese state media, said the search for survivors of the China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crash in Guangxi province was still continuing today. today (March 22).

According to Xinhua, the search is currently being carried out by drones and ground rescue teams, with 2,000 rescuers deployed to the scene. The ground search operation was hampered by only a handful of roads leading to the crash site.

Part of China Eastern’s crashed fuselage discovered. Photo: Xinhua News Agency

Besides rescuing survivors, one of the top priorities is recovering the plane’s black boxes, which will help decipher the cause of the crash. However, some experts fear the black box could be damaged by a fire after the crash.

During the search, debris from the plane’s wings and fuselage was discovered along with a number of identification cards, wallets and documents of those present on the flight. However, no sign of survivors has been found.

ID cards, wallets and documents of some of the people on the plane that crashed. Photo: Sohu

Police numbered dozens of debris and cordoned off the crash site, which is located in a mountainous area near Wuzhou city in the Zhuang autonomous region in Guangxi province. Only state media were allowed to report from the scene.

The rescue process was reported live online by Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television (CCTV), attracting tens of millions of views. Many viewers of these two channels commented on the Weibo social network that they were praying for a possible miracle.

A piece of paper with safety instructions on the plane that crashed. Photo: Sohu

Meanwhile, relatives of passengers on flight MU5735 continued to gather in Wuzhou to wait for news from their loved ones. According to Chinese media, among the passengers on the flight were a 28-year-old man who had come to Guangzhou to reunite with his family, a 36-year-old woman who had gone to meet her fiancé and a 10-year-old boy who was on his way. go to a funeral.

Dinglong Culture Group, based in Guangzhou, confirmed today that its chief financial officer was also on the flight returning from a business trip.

The plane wreckage is numbered. Photo: Sohu

Flight MU5735 from Kunming to Guangzhou carrying 132 people, including 9 crew members, suddenly crashed on March 21 while flying over Guangxi province, China.

According to VariFlight, a Chinese civil aviation data provider, the Boeing 737-800 flew at an altitude of nearly 8,900 meters before losing its altitude suddenly at 14:19. Three minutes later, the plane disappeared from radar screens. It remains unclear what caused China’s worst air disaster in more than a decade.

The plane wreckage is numbered. Photo: Sohu

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on March 21 that he was shocked when he heard about the crash of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735. He called for “all efforts” for rescue and to find “the cause of the accident as soon as possible”, and activated the emergency mechanism to assist the rescue effort.

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