The 737-800 is a member of Boeings Next Generation family of narrow-body jets, which have a maximum range of nearly 3,000 miles but are usually used for shorter flights. The crash was China's deadliest in around 30 years and dented the country's otherwise enviable flight safety record.ĭeliberate crashes of jets are very rare. Aparna Shandilya Image: IC & Global Times On Monday, a Boeing 737-800 airliner crashed in southern China, raising new concerns about the flights safety records.
Screenshots of the Wall Street Journal story appeared to have been censored both on China's major social media platform and messaging app on Wednesday, Reuters reported.Īfter the fatal descent near the southern city of Wuzhou, authorities swiftly cordoned off a huge area and China's internet regulator announced it had scrubbed vast amounts of "illegal information" on the crash from China's tightly controlled web.Ī social media hashtag bearing the plane's flight number appeared to be censored. The Sriwijaya Air flight 182 a Boeing 737-500 was heading from Jakarta to the city of Pontianak, on the Indonesian side of Borneo, when it lost contact at 2:40 p.m. It’s the most common version of Boeing’s jets now in service, and it is the workhorse of many airlines’ fleets. It has maintained its tight grip over the narrative, with the preliminary probe leaving key questions unanswered. The crashed China Eastern Airlines plane was a Boeing 737-800. As of Tuesday, other Chinese airlines had yet to cancel any flights that use 737-800. experts at a government lab in Washington, D.C. In the immediate aftermath of the crash, China's ruling Communist Party moved quickly to control information, revving up its censorship machine as media outlets and local residents raced to the crash site. China Eastern and two subsidiaries grounded their fleet of 737-800 planes yesterday following the crash. Beijing Both black boxes from a passenger plane crash in southern China last month that killed 132 people are being analyzed by U.S. Chinese airliner carrying 132 people crashes in southern Guangxi region By CNN's Beijing bureau, Yong Xiong, Lizzy Yee and Wayne Chang, CNN Updated 4:50 AM EDT, Tue MaLink.
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