Accident Details
Flight MU5735 departed Kunming-Wujiaba Airport at 1315 local time on a scheduled service to Guangzhou, carrying 123 passengers and a crew of nine. At 1420 local time, while cruising at an altitude of 29,100 feet, the aircraft entered an uncontrolled descent. It descended to 7,400 feet before climbing to 8,600 feet. The aircraft then entered a steep descent and crashed almost two minutes later in a vertical attitude on hilly and wooded terrain located approximately 20 kilometers southwest of Wuzhou.
Crash Site and Recovery
The aircraft disintegrated on impact and all 132 occupants were killed. Two days after the accident, the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) was found at the crash site. The digital flight data recorder (DFDR) was recovered on March 27.