A Boeing 737 With 132 People On Board Crashes In Southeastern China

This morning, a catastrophic plane crash in southern China, showing a forest in flames, debris on the ground, smoke rising from the area where the Boeing 737 apparently went down. Chinese state media sharing pictures of the aftermath. China Eastern flight 5735 left Kunming airport just after 1:00 p....

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Published inToday
Main Authors Guthrie, Savannah, Janis Mackey Frayer
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LanguageEnglish
Published New York CQ Roll Call 21.03.2022
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Aircraft accidents & safety
Aviation
Invasions
Jackson, Ketanji Brown
Judges & magistrates
Beijing China
China
Ukraine
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Summary:This morning, a catastrophic plane crash in southern China, showing a forest in flames, debris on the ground, smoke rising from the area where the Boeing 737 apparently went down. Chinese state media sharing pictures of the aftermath. China Eastern flight 5735 left Kunming airport just after 1:00 p.m. here, heading over the mountains of Yunnan Province toward Guangzhou, what was supposed to be less than a two hour trip, but the plane abruptly lost speed and altitude, about 130 miles out according to flight data.
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