| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | March 21, 2022 |
| Time: | 0622 |
| Location: | Wuzhou, Guangxi, China |
| Operator: | China Eastern Airlines |
| Flight #: | MU 5735 |
| Route: | Kunming - Guangzhou |
| AC Type: | Boeing 737-89P WL |
| Registration: | B-1791 |
| cn / ln: | 41474/5453 |
| Aboard: | 132 (passengers:123 crew:9) |
| Fatalities: | 132 (passengers:123 crew:9) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Flying at 29,098 feet, the jetliner started descending in a dive until it reached 7,400 feet. It then briefly climbed to 8,600 feet and then it made a steep dive, crashing in a mountainous wooded area. The airplane disintegrated upon impact killing all 132 people aboard. The crash was caused intentionally, through control inputs that put the plane into its fatal nosedive, |
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