The catastrophic China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crash killed all 132 people on board, including nine crew members and 123 passengers.
Years later, Chinese aviation authorities have still not released the official cause of the disaster, formally refusing to publish the final report in June 2025 and stating that "disclosure may endanger national security and social stability".
On that tragic day, China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 suffered a catastrophic end, as the aircraft abruptly plunged into an almost-vertical nosedive before crashing into a mountainside in south China's Guangxi province.
The horrific crash took every single life on board — 132 people perished in an instant.
What happened on the day of the fatal crash
The aircraft had been scheduled to fly from the city of Kunming to the city of Guangzhou, and while the flight departed without incident, shortly before the plane was due to commence its descent, it suddenly dropped from a cruising altitude of roughly 29,000 feet to 7,400 feet.
Flight data shows the aircraft briefly pulled up and levelled off, climbing back to 8,500 feet, before entering a second nosedive which sent the plane plummeting into the side of a mountain.
Remarkably, all of this took place within the space of roughly two minutes.
Investigators revealed that the pilots failed to respond to numerous attempts by air traffic controllers and nearby aircraft to establish contact, as the plane descended rapidly towards the ground.
Regarded at the time as the deadliest aviation catastrophe in China in three decades, the incident sent shockwaves across the globe, raising grave concerns throughout the international aviation industry — and leaving the families of those who perished utterly devastated.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
