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Website turns black-and-white to show respect to victims in China's Eastern Airlines crash

By Lokmat English Desk | Updated: March 21, 2022 16:43 IST

A Boeing 737 passenger plane carrying 133 passengers has crashed in China. The plane belonging to China Eastern Airlines ...

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A Boeing 737 passenger plane carrying 133 passengers has crashed in China. The plane belonging to China Eastern Airlines crashed in Teng County, Wuzhou of Guangxi province and caused a mountain fire. The flight MU5736 was flying from Guangzhou to Kunming and departed the airport at 13.11 PM. 

After which,  the website of China Eastern Airlines, mobile app and its other social media platforms were presented in black and white to pay respect or mourn for victims, who crashed in the airplane. 

However, the flight was scheduled to arrive at 15.05 PM. According to Aviation Safety Network, China's last fatal jet accident was in 2010, when 44 of 96 people on board were killed when an Embraer E-190 regional jet flown by Henan Airlines crashed on approach to Yichun airport in low visibility. 

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