On December 3, China Eastern Airlines flight MU721 flight ** was diverted to Xiamen, which attracted attention.
According to The Paper, the flight arrived in Hong Kong on the evening of the 3rd. According to the Feichang Zhun APP, China Eastern Airlines flight MU721 was originally scheduled to take off from Shanghai Hongqiao at 08:10 and arrive in Hong Kong at 10:50. However, the flight actually took off from Shanghai Hongqiao T1 at 08:30 and arrived at Xiamen Gaoqi Airport at 10:00. At 17:29 on December 3, flight MU721 took off from Xiamen Gaoqi Airport and landed in Hong Kong at 18:34.
Previously, after the plane landed in Xiamen, a number of passengers on board shared the ** taken in the cabin.
Judging from one of the ** pictures, the plane was in a state of violent shaking, making a relatively strong roar. There are many seats on the plane that are not occupied by passengers, and the passengers in the picture are relatively stable.
According to Beijing Youth Daily, Sister Yuanyuan, an eyewitness, said that the flight basically took off on time that day, and the first-class cabin she was in was almost full. "Before I finished breakfast, around 10 o'clock, I heard a loud bang on the left, and then the fuselage began to shake violently, as if the tractor was starting, accompanied by a strong smell of burning." Our coffee and tea were shaking and overflowing. ”
Another witness, Ms. Gao, said, "My mind was blank at the time, and I thought it was going to be 'over', and I even wanted to leave a suicide note for my husband, but the Internet was already disconnected on the plane at that time." ”
Sister Yuanyuan recalled that the broadcast in the cabin prompted that the plane had broken down, and then the plane broadcast again, saying that it would be ready to fly to Xiamen. The violent tremor lasted for about 10 minutes, and finally the plane successfully landed at the airport, "from the breakdown to the landing, it lasted about 20 minutes, and the next 10 minutes the tremor was less noticeable." ”
A passage released by an eyewitness shows that after the plane successfully landed, someone in the cabin shouted "Captain Niu". Sister Yuanyuan recalled that there were still people applauding in the first-class cabin at that time, and the applause rang out twice.
According to Red Star News, senior captain Chen Jianguo said in an interview that if the online rumor of blade damage is true, the failure is likely to be due to the unbalanced rotation of the aircraft engine blades after falling off, resulting in violent vibration of the aircraft. Regarding the reason for the damage to the engine fan blades in the online rumor, Chen Jianguo said that bird strikes at an altitude of 10,000 meters are very rare, and the usual reasons are foreign object impacts, quality problems of engine blades, and damage to the blades caused by the peeling of the engine air intake. As for the specific reason, it remains to wait for the conclusion of the official investigation.
China Youth Daily (ID: zqbcyol collation: Chen Qian) **Beijing Youth Daily, The Paper, Red Star News, etc.
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