CHINA: SEVEN PEOPLE ARE INJURED AS CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES MD-11AIRCRAFT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN SHANGHAI

Record ID: 1963292

  • Title: CHINA: SEVEN PEOPLE ARE INJURED AS CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES MD-11AIRCRAFT MAKES EMERGENCY LANDING IN SHANGHAI
  • Date: 10th September 1998
  • Summary: SHANGHAI, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 10, 1998) (CCTV) (NIGHTSHOTS) 1. GV MD-11 PLANE (MU586 FROM LOS ANGELES TO BEIJING) FLYING 0.06 2. LV PLANE LANDING ON ITS BELLY, SPARKS FLYING AS PLANE TOUCHES DOWN 0.21 3. LV/GV FIREMEN USING WATER-HOSES TO PUT OUT FLAMES, PASSENGERS SLIDING DOWN FROM EMERGENCY EXIT (3 SHOTS) 0.38 4. SV PASSENGER AT AIRPORT WAITING HALL, SAYING: "WE WERE QUIET AND CALM, BECAUSE THE PILOTS WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL AND TRIED HARD TO BE HELPFUL" (MANDARIN) 0.52 5. SV AIR HOSTESS AND NURSE TREATING PASSENGER 0.55 6. MV PASSENGERS AT WAITING HALL 0.57 7. PAN MEDICAL TEAM AND PASSENGERS 1.01 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: SHANGHAI, CHINA
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  • Country: ASIA China
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  • Story Text: Seven passengers have been injured after a Chinese airliner made an emergency landing in Shanghai.

    The plane, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11, was the same type of aircraft which crashed last week in Nova Scotia killing all 229 people aboad.

    Flight MU586 was enroute from Los Angeles to Beijing via Shanghai on Thursday (September 10), evening when the incident occurred.

    The flight, carrying 120 passengers and 17 crew, made an emergency evacuation after returning to Shanghai with landing gear problems shortly after take off for Beijing.

    The passengers aboard the China Eastern Airlines plane were hurt as they slid down the emergency chutes.

    All the injured passengers were Chinese.There were five foreigners on board.

    The MD-11 is the same type of plane that crashed in the sea near Halifax, Nova Scotia on September 2, killing all 229 people on board.

    Investigations into the cause of that crash are focusing on the aircraft's wiring.

    Air traffic was back to normal at the Shanghai airport on Friday (September 11), airport authorities said.


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