Terrifying moment of China plane crashing into mountain goes viral
A passenger plane that crashed into the mountains today with 132 people on board is seen diving straight into the ground in terrifying footage captured by a security camera. The video was caught by a local mining firm's security camera, as maintained by reports.
The Boeing 737 was flying from Kunming city to Guangzhou when it "lost contact over Wuzhou" city in the Guangxi region, said the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The plane went down in Teng county which is close to Wuzhou and began a mountain fire. Rescue teams have found no signs of any survivors, as per reports.
Flight Mu5735, in its final moments, was witnessed in a nosedive at a very high speed before it crashed into the hills.
Final seconds of #MU5735 pic.twitter.com/gCoMX1iMDL
— ChinaAviationReview (@ChinaAvReview) March 21, 2022
Flight tracker FlightRadar24 displayed that the aircraft had sharply plunged from an altitude of 29,100 feet to 9,075 feet in 2.15 minutes. In another 20 seconds, its altitude was 3,225 feet, before flight information broke off, This drop in hight, from cruising to landing, generally takes about 30 minutes.
Worries about a crash began when local media reported that China Eastern flight MU5735 had not arrived as scheduled in Guangzhou after taking off from Kunming. FlightRadar24 showed no more data for MU5735 after 2:22 pm, when it had arrived at Wuzhou.
A locals in the area was quoted by AFP as telling that the plane had "completely fallen apart" and he had seen nearby forest areas destroyed by flames.
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First published: 22 March 2022, 11:05 IST