Firefighters deployed to the area where a Boeing 737 MU5735 crashed in China on Monday found parts of the ship while actions aimed at potentially rescuing some of the 132 people, including nine crew members, were carried out on the plane Ship traveled , Telesur and news agencies check.
Firefighters have found parts of the crashed Boeing 737 flight MU5735 after arriving at the crash site. Rescue work is underway https://t.co/TefB4IWAPF
— Iramsy Peraza (@IramsyteleSUR) March 21, 2022
According to Chen Jie, an official with the regional emergency department, the fire caused by the ship’s sinking was extinguished.
It turned out that 117 members of the Wuzhou Fire Brigade, along with another 538 from different parts of Guangxi, are working on the scene to support the rescue work, the regional fire brigade reported on its account on the Weibo social network. In both neighboring provinces from Guangdong, 505 firefighters were dispatched and 97 vehicles.
Doctors, other health workers and 36 ambulances are also on site.
The China Eastern Airlines plane, which took off from Kunming and was bound for Guangzhou, crashed to the ground at around 2:38 p.m. (Beijing local time) in a mountainous area near the town of Molang in the Tengxian district of the city of Wuzhou. make fire.
Passenger plane crashed in southwest today #China with 132 people on board. China Eastern Airlines confirmed there were deaths, but did not give an exact number. The rescue work continues @ConexiontlSUR @temasteleSUR @ECentralTlSUR pic.twitter.com/spYSf3E6Yk
— Iramsy Peraza (@IramsyteleSUR) March 21, 2022
News outlets point out that Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed his dismay at the event and ordered all search and rescue operations to be carried out. He also asked for research
determine the cause of the accident and strengthen the safety inspection of the civil aviation sector to ensure the absolute safety of the sector and people’s lives.
Meanwhile, China Eastern Airlines activated its emergency mechanism.
China Eastern Airline has confirmed that there have been fatalities in the crash of the Boeing737 that crashed in southern China today, but without giving an exact number #China with 132 people on board and expressed his condolences pic.twitter.com/8J4TZRSo11
— Iramsy Peraza (@IramsyteleSUR) March 21, 2022
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