As for whether it is the most tragic air crash that has occurred in the mainland, we do not have specific data to trace it back, but at least from 1982 to the present, China Eastern Airlines MU5735 should be one of the most tragic crashes.
We have counted some air crashes that occurred in our country in the 40 years from 1982 to 2022. If we only consider civil aviation, in the past 40 years, there have been 23 air crashes in our country. As for the final death toll of China Eastern Airlines MU5735, there is currently no final data, so we cannot draw a conclusion. Before China Eastern Airlines MU5735, the largest number of victims were the Xiamen Airlines crash in Guangzhou in 1990 and the Air China crash in Busan, South Korea in 2002.
On October 2, 1990, a Xiamen Airlines Boeing 737 bound for Guangzhou Baiyun Airport was hijacked by a passenger. However, due to insufficient fuel, the crew did not land elsewhere as requested by the passenger. Then he chose to make an emergency landing at Baiyun Airport, but there was only one pilot during the landing. Moreover, the gangsters violently attacked the pilot during the landing, causing the plane to lose control and deviate from the runway. Then it crashed into multiple planes, which eventually led to the death of Xiamen There were 75 passengers and 7 crew members in the airliner, as well as 46 in China Southern Airlines B-2812, a total of 128 passengers were killed.
On April 15, 2002, the Boeing 767-200ER bound for Busan, South Korea, from Beijing was expected to arrive at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea at around 11 o'clock that day. However, it was raining lightly and foggy in Busan, South Korea at that time. During one attempt to land, the aircraft went around because the visibility was too low. Later, the aircraft tried to land on runway 18R, but the captain was too focused on the weather conditions and the tower's call and failed to notice that the aircraft was flying below a safe altitude. When the captain discovered it, it was too late, and the plane crashed into a mountain near the airport. This incident also killed 128 people.
There were a total of 132 people on board China Eastern Airlines MU5735, which had an accident on March 21, 2022. The condition of these passengers and crew members is currently unknown and can only be defined as lost contact.
However, MU5737 fell from an altitude of more than 8,000 meters, and four days have passed since the 21st. Theoretically, the possibility of survival of the people on board is very small. If the final number of victims of MU5735 is 132, it will become the deadliest air crash in the past 40 years. Therefore, MU5735 is likely to become the most tragic air crash in the past 40 years.
But this tragedy is not only due to the large number of people on board, but more importantly, the air crash occurred very bizarrely. According to previous air crashes, most of them occurred during the preparation for takeoff or landing. , and most of them are accidents caused by human factors. This time, China Eastern Airlines MU5735 had an accident during flight, and it fell vertically from more than 8,000 meters. This is a bit difficult to understand.
It is precisely because of the vertical fall that the impact force when landing is very large. Most of the accident scenes can only see some scattered debris, and the main body of the aircraft is not seen. From the current rescue scene Look, the main body of the aircraft is very likely to penetrate more than ten or twenty meters underground. This situation is indeed quite tragic. Of course, no matter what the final result of MU5735 is, we all hope that a miracle will happen until the last victim is found.