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Anti-virus shutdowns in China spread as infections rise

Anti-virus controls are shutting down some of China’s biggest cities and fueling public irritation as infections rise

The Independent UK

Shanghai's Lockdowns Result in Starvation and Quarantine Enforcers Being Attacked

More than 25 million people remain locked down in Shanghai, with Guangzhou—a city of 18 million—looking primed to follow.

Reason

China Closes Guangzhou to Most Arrivals as Outbreak Spreads

The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou closed itself to most arrivals Monday as China battles a major COVID-19 surge in its big eastern cities. Shanghai has taken the brunt of the surge, with another 26,087 cases announced on Monday, only 914 of which showed symptoms. The city of 26 million is…

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China closes Guangzhou to most arrivals as outbreak spreads

The manufacturing hub of Guangzhou has closed itself to most arrivals as China battles a COVID-19 outbreak in its big eastern cities

The Independent UK

Shanghai, Guangzhou plan more mass tests as COVID cases rise

Shanghai announced another round of mass coronavirus testing, while the southern metropolis of Guangzhou said it will do the same for all 18 million residents, as authorities accelerate efforts to curb China’s worst outbreak since the early days of the pandemic.

Tribune News Service

China Finds Second Black Box of Crashed Plane

Recovery crews on Sunday found the second black box - the flight data recorder - from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines (600115.SS) Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed into a mountainside in southern China. Flight MU5735, with 132 people onboard, was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming…

Asharq Al-Awsat

China plane crash: Second black box recovered after mystery smash killed 132

It is still a mystery as to what caused the Boeing 737 plane to suddenly nose dive as it headed from Kunming to Guangzhou in China last Monday, killing 123 passengers and nine crew

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China Confirms All on Board China Eastern Plane Died in Crash

China confirmed late on Saturday that all 132 passengers and crew on a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed this week had died. Flight MU5735 was traveling from the southwestern city of Kunming to the port city of Guangzhou on Monday when it plummeted from cruising altitude to crash in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'We have nothing but grief' says father of plane crash victim

As recovery crews sifted through the mud at the China Eastern Airlines crash site, dozens of relatives of those on board flight MU5735 remained nearby in an anxious wait for further news.

Reuters

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 26 March 2022

Everyday in China some 12,500 domestic flights arrive safely at their destinations. On Monday, China Eastern flight MU5735 did not. It took off from Kunming in the early afternoon but never made it to Guangzhou.

inkl Originals

China expands crash search as second black box eludes

Recovery crews on Friday expanded the search area of the China Eastern Airlines crash, as the second of the plane's two black boxes eluded search-and-rescue workers for a fourth day.

Reuters

China examines cockpit voice recorder from crashed airliner

Chinese investigators began examining the cockpit voice recorder from a China Eastern Airlines jet that plunged into mountainside with 132 people on board as recovery crews searched muddy fields on Thursday for a second black box.

Reuters

China finds first black box from crashed jet, U.S. discussing quarantine for investigators

Chinese emergency workers found on Wednesday one of two black boxes from a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed with 132 people onboard, but U.S. efforts to join the investigation are on hold because of COVID-19 quarantine rules.

Reuters

China jet’s nosedive from 29,000 feet baffles crash specialists

The China Eastern Airlines Corp. jet was flying a normal route to Guangzhou when it suddenly nosed over at cruise altitude and dove.

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Evening Standard

China plane crash rescue mission continues as families wait for news

Families and friends of those on board have been waiting at Guangzhou’s International Airport for more updates

The Guardian - AU

China Eastern Airlines crash: families await grim news as rescuers sift through wreckage

State media report no survivors after a Boeing 737-800 flight crashed into mountainous terrain with 132 on board

Al Jazeera

China Boeing 737 crash: Grim search as rescue teams comb hillside

Firefighters and paramilitary police deployed to steeply-forested slopes of China’s first air crash in a decade.

Reuters

China searches for victims from plane crash with cause still unclear

Rescuers in southern China searched for victims from a China Eastern Airlines jet on Tuesday after it crashed with 132 people on board and authorities said severe damage to the aircraft would make it difficult to establish the cause of the crash.

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AFP

Plane carrying 132 crashes into mountain in southern China

Guangzhou (AFP) - A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed into a remote mountainside in southern China on Monday after dropping more than 20,000 feet in just over a minute, sparking a massive fire on impact.

AFP

Plane carrying 132 crashes in China, fatalities confirmed

Guangzhou (AFP) - China Eastern has confirmed there are fatalities after a jet carrying 132 people crashed into a mountain in southern China on Monday, shortly after losing contact with air traffic control and dropping thousands of metres in just three minutes.

Reuters

Factbox-Commercial airliner crashes in mainland China

A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet en route to Guangzhou from Kunming with 132 people on board crashed in the subtropical mountains of southern China on Monday, in mainland China's first commercial airliner crash since 2010. [L2N2VO0CL]

The Street

Boeing 737-800 Crashes In China With 132 On Board; Stock Slumps

A Boeing 737 aircraft operated by China Eastern Airlines was involved in a fatal crash Monday during a flight between the cities of Kunming to Guangzhou.

Asharq Al-Awsat

China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on Board Crashes

A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said. The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft…

Daily Record

China Eastern Airlines flight with 133 people on board crashes into mountains

The Boeing 737 flight, travelling from Kunming to Guangzhou, crashed in the mountains in the early hours of this morning.

Bangkok Post

China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China

BEIJING: A China Eastern Airlines aircraft with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in south China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.

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