We are following reports that China Eastern Airlines flight #MU5735 has crashed.

Last ADS-B data from the aircraft was received at 06:22 UTC and was indicating a vertical speed of -31.000 feet per minute.

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Flight #MU5735 was performed by a Boeing 737-89P aircraft with registration number B-1791. It was delivered to China Eastern Airlines in June 2015.

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Flight #MU5735 was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou. It took off from Kunming at 05:11 UTC. It was cruising at 29.100 feet until 06:20:59 when it suddenly started to lose altitude very fast.

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