DCA22WA102

NTSB accident investigation · Boeing 737 · Wuzhou, China · March 21, 2022

Accident · FatalClass 5 · Foreign
Date
March 21, 2022, 06:30 local (06:30 UTC)
Place
Wuzhou, China
Injuries
132 fatal
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Unknown
Aircraft
B-1791Boeing 737
Defining event
Unknown: Unknown or undetermined
Investigation class
Class 5 - No publish
NTSB office
Major Investigations Division
Lead agency
Other
Case key
104807

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
B-1791
Reported as
Boeing 737 (800)
Category
Airplane
Damage
Destroyed
Fire
Unknown
Flight
Non-U.S., commercial
Operator
China Eastern Airlines
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Transport
Departed
Kunming, OF
Destination
Guangzhou, OF