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ABC NEWS VIDEO LIVE SHOWS CORONAVIRUS JAN. 6 RIOT Interest Successfully Added We'll notify you here with news about Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn CHINA EASTERN CRASH IS RARE DISASTER FOR STATE-RUN AIRLINES China is, along with North America and Europe, one of the world’s top three air travel markets and has dramatically improved safety since a string of deadly crashes in the 1990s and 2000s By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer 22 March 2022, 03:16 • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article 1:21 China passenger jet crashes, killing 132 on board A Boeing 737 operated by China Eastern Airlines with 132 people on board crashed on...Read MoreRead More The Associated Press BEIJING -- China is, along with North America and Europe, one of the world’s top three air travel markets. It has dramatically improved safety since a string of deadly crashes in the 1990s and 2000s. China hasn’t reported a crash of a commercial flight with more than five fatalities since 2010. The ruling Communist Party's military wing, the People's Liberation Army, also has suffered fatal crashes, but few details are available. CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORP. China Eastern is, along with Air China, China Southern Airlines and HNA Group, one of four major carriers in China, all state-owned. Founded in 1995, the airline is headquartered at Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport. Its fleet of 749 aircraft includes 291 from the Boeing 737 series, according to its mid-2021 interim report. The carrier has 79,913 employees, mostly in China. It carried 44.3 million passengers in the first half of 2021. China Eastern reported a loss of 5.4 billion yuan ($850 million) in the first half of 2021. CHINA'S AIRLINE INDUSTRY Carriers have suffered heavy financial losses as the government tries to eliminate COVID-19 with a “zero tolerance” strategy that bars most foreign visitors from China and has disrupted travel by suspending access temporarily to major cities. Passenger numbers within China exceeded the United States in 2020 for the first time, according to Boeing Co. That was partly because populous China reopened to domestic travel relatively quickly after the initial coronavirus outbreak. Boeing forecasts 5.4% annual traffic growth and says China should account for one-sixth of future added airline capacity. CHINA'S LAST BIG CRASH An Embraer ERJ 190-100 operated by Henan Airlines and carrying a total of 96 passengers and crew hit the ground short of the runway on Aug. 24, 2010, while landing in the northeastern city of Yichun. The crash killed 44 people after the fuel caught fire, while 52 people survived. Investigators blamed an error by the pilot, who was landing at night and in reduced visibility. CHINA'S AIRCRAFT MARKET China is one of the most important markets for Boeing and its European rival Airbus Industries. They want Chinese carriers to drive sales as U.S. and European demand flatten. The ruling Communist Party wants to compete with them by making its own jetliners and eventually exporting them. State-owned COMAC, or the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China, has released a short-range jetliner, the ARJ21, for up to 105 passengers, and the larger but short-range C919 with up to 190 seats. The company says it is working on a long-range, twin-aisle plane, the C929, for as many as 290 passengers. ——— This version has corrected the plane that crashed in 2010 carried 96 people and 52 of them survived, not that the 44 who died was the total number on board. Comments (46) Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOP STORIES RUSSIA-UKRAINE LIVE UPDATES: MOSCOW RESPONDS TO BIDEN ON BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL WEAPONS 6 minutes ago US FLYING BLIND TO POTENTIAL COVID-19 RESURGENCE: EXPERTS 3 hours ago AFTER PENTAGON DEMURS, BIDEN CONFIRMS RUSSIA FIRED HYPERSONIC MISSILE: UKRAINE DAY 26 Mar 22, 12:13 AM 2 TEACHERS KILLED AT SWEDISH HIGH SCHOOL, SUSPECT A STUDENT 12 minutes ago INJURIES, DAMAGE REPORTED FROM TEXAS TORNADO Mar 22, 1:37 AM ABC NEWS LIVE 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events ABC NEWS NETWORK PRIVACY POLICY YOUR CA PRIVACY RIGHTS CHILDREN'S ONLINE PRIVACY POLICY INTEREST-BASED ADS ABOUT NIELSEN MEASUREMENT TERMS OF USE DO NOT SELL MY INFO CONTACT US Copyright © 2022 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.