More than 72 hours after the China Eastern Airlines plane crash on March 21, the search and rescue operation has made six major breakthroughs.
This is a China News Service (中新社) news report dated March 24, 2022, filed from Wuzhou, Guangxi, summarizing the rescue and investigation work more than 72 hours after the crash of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 on March 21, 2022. The flight, a Boeing 737 aircraft, went down in the hills near Molang Village, Langnan Town, Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, with 132 people on board.
The report lists six developments announced by the national emergency response command: one black box (the cockpit voice recorder) was recovered and sent to a decoding laboratory in Beijing; the main impact point was essentially determined; major aircraft wreckage was found; remains and personal items of victims were recovered; China Eastern stated that the aircraft was not subject to the "pickle fork" inspection issue; and the airline stated the aircraft met maintenance release and airworthiness requirements before departure, with valid crew licenses and certificates. This manual is written in Chinese.
On March 23 rescuers recovered one of the aircraft's black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder, which was sent to a decoding laboratory in Beijing.
The report states the aircraft B1791 had an age of only 6.8 years and had flown 8,986 flight cycles.
There were 132 people on board the aircraft.
The aircraft crashed in the hills near Molang Village, Langnan Town, Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi.