Witnesses told Chinese news outlets they were at first baffled by the explosion in a rural area. Then, they realized the smoke was coming from what may be China’s worst air accident in decades.
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Flight MU-5735 Descended More Than 20,000 Feet in Just Over a Minute
An hour after it took off, the flight turned horribly wrong, according to data from Flightradar24.
The Plane That Crashed Was Not a Boeing 737 Max
The model is a narrow-body jet that has a maximum range of over 3,000 miles, but is commonly used on shorter routes.