China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735
The crash site | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 21 March 2022 |
| Summary | Crashed into terrain, under investigation |
| Site | Molang Village, Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, China 23°19′25.5″N 111°06′44.3″E / 23.323750°N 111.112306°E |
| Aircraft | |
| B-1791, the aircraft involved in the accident, in 2018 | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-89P |
| Operator | China Eastern Yunnan Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | MU5735 |
| ICAO flight No. | CES5735 |
| Call sign | CHINA EASTERN 5735 |
| Registration | B-1791 |
| Flight origin | Kunming Changshui International Airport, Kunming, China |
| Destination | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou, China |
| Occupants | 132 |
| Passengers | 123 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Fatalities | 132 |
| Survivors | 0 |
China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Changshui International Airport, Kunming, to Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou in China. At 14:23 CST (06:23 UTC) on 21 March 2022, the Boeing 737-89P aircraft descended steeply mid-flight and struck the ground at high speed in Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, killing all 132 passengers and crew on board. It is the third deadliest aviation accident in China after China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 in 1992 and China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303 in 1994, the deadliest in the history of China Eastern Airlines, and the deadliest plane crash in 2022. As of March 2025, the third anniversary of the crash, the final report of the official investigation by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has not been published. CAAC has dismissed speculation about the cause of the crash, which has included reports in American news media that the aircraft may have been deliberately crashed, as misleading and as complicating the investigation.