China Eastern Airlines
China Eastern Airlines (en chinois : 中国东方航空) (code AITA : MU ; code OACI : CES) est une compagnie aérienne chinoise, basée à Shanghai, la 2e plus grande ville en Chine.
Elle dessert notamment Munich, Paris, Séoul, Tokyo, Los Angeles.
Sa flotte comprend des Airbus A300, Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Airbus A340, Boeing 737, et des McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
Son code OACI est CES.
Historique
China Yunnan Airlines et China Northwest Airlines ont fusionné avec China Eastern Airlines en 2002.
Incidents et Accidents
à traduire de l'anglais
- On August 15, 1989, a China Eastern flight from Shanghai to Nanchang, an Antonov An-24 (Reg. B-3417) crashed on took off, due to No.2 engine failure, killing 34 of 40 on board.
- On October 26, 1993, China Eastern flight 5398 from Shenzhen to Fuzhou, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 (Reg. B-2103) jetliner crashed near Fuzhou airport, after a failed attempt to go around on approach, killing 2 of 80 on board.
- On September 10, 1998, China Eastern flight 586 from Shanghai to Beijing, a McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 (Reg. B-2173) widebody jetliner crash landed at Hongqiao airport due to nose gear failure, none injured.
- On November 21, 2004, China Eastern flight 5210 from Baotou to Shanghai, a Bombardier CRJ-200 (Reg. B-3072) small passenger jet crashed in Inner Mongolia in one minute after departure, killing all 53 occupants.