Beijing, The Indonesia Post – The Indonesian Embassy in Beijing and the Indonesian Consulate General in Guangzhou coordinated with each other to find out more about the data on victims of the crash of a China Eastern Airlines passenger plane in the Guangxi Autonomous Region, China, Monday afternoon.
“We continue to monitor what happened this afternoon. We continue to coordinate with the Indonesian Consulate General in GZ (Guangzhou),” Deputy Head of the Indonesian Embassy in Beijing Dino R Kusnadi told ANTARA Beijing.
So far, his party has not been able to confirm whether or not there were any Indonesian victims on the plane.
“Passenger information has not been issued by the local FAO (Foreign Affairs Office),” Dino added.
The Eastern Airlines plane with flight number MU-5735 crashed in the hills in Tengxian County, Guangxi Autonomous Region, at around 14:00 local time (13:00 WIB).
The plane, which was flying from Kunming in Yunnan Province to Guangzhou in Guangdong Province, crashed and caught fire in the Guangxi region. The plane was carrying 132 people, including nine crew, whose fate has not yet been determined.
Photos and images circulating on Chinese social media show fire blazing over the hills and residents around the location finding the wreckage of the crashed plane.
Guangxi is flanked by Yunnan and Guangdong in the southern region of China which borders Vietnam.
Kunming and Guangzhou became the main gates for international flights to China during the COVID-19 pandemic, including flights from Indonesia.
International flight users are required to undergo quarantine in both cities before continuing their journey to other big cities in China, including Beijing, which until now has not opened direct international flight routes.
The incident was China’s first worst air crash since the plane crash in Yinchun, Heilongjiang Province, in 2010, local media reported.
China’s aviation authority on February 19, 2022 released that the safe civil flight time managed to surpass 100 million hours, the best record in the history of China’s civil aviation industry. (ojn/bbs)
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