Eight days have passed since the mysterious plane crash in China.
The airliner, flight MU5735 belonging to China Eastern Airlines, crashed in the mountainous area of Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on its way from Kunming, Yunnan Province to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members on board.
On the 26th, five days after the accident, Chinese authorities officially announced that all 132 people on board had died.
On the 28th, it was announced that the identities of all passengers were confirmed through DNA testing.
In the end, there were no survivors.
Even a glimmer of hope was gone.
Found a handwritten note explaining 'Ping Ankou'... "Pray for good luck, safety and health"
At the crash site, more than 36,000 airliner fragments were found, along with many belongings such as wallets and ID cards of the passengers.
Among them is a single handwritten note left from the fire.
According to Chinese media such as Hong Kong's South China Morning Post and Peng Pai, this handwritten note is believed to have been written by a female passenger, Xiang Mo, in her 20s.
Ms. Shang has been selling her jade and jade and more through live online.
Even in the dawn of the day of the accident, she was live, and she was on her way to Guangzhou to host a jade and jade sale event.
The memo was to explain 'Ping Ankou', a traditional Chinese jade ornament.
Ping Ankou is a kind of 'talisman' to avoid disaster and wish for good luck and safety.
The memo reads, "The overall shape of Ping Ankou is round, shiny, and smooth, which means that everything goes smoothly, business runs smoothly like a sail in the wind, and the family is peaceful and happy."
There is also an article saying, "The two characters of Ping Ankou, peace, symbolize peace and longevity every year."
When the memo was released to the press, colleagues who knew Mr. Shang's handwriting quickly recognized that it was Mr. Shang's memo.
"This phrase is used in live sales," he said. "It is possible that Mr. Shang wrote it to learn the phrase during the flight."
Earlier, Shang's friend heard the news of the plane crash and called Shang, but Shang did not answer.
Soon after, Shang's parents got a phone call from the local police.
The call was that her daughter was aboard the crashed airliner.
Mr. Shang wrote in his memo wishing for good luck, safety and health, but these were not followed by Mr. Shang.
On the Chinese social media Weibo, the hashtag '#Pingankou Memo at the scene of the plane crash#' was uploaded and as of the 29th, it has been viewed more than 800 million times.
Numerous comments such as "Ping Ankou, I'm in tears", "I feel so sad just looking at it", "I would have gone to a different world", "Now rest in peace", etc. were received.
Groom who changed flight reservations, relatives who went to funeral dies
Other sad stories are also introduced.
Among the passengers were 11 residents of Luili City, Yunnan Province.
Luiri is a trading city that borders Myanmar and has been closed for over 7 months on four occasions due to the repeated spread of Corona 19.
One netizen wrote, "I should have just overcame the dark period of the epidemic and got on a plane with high expectations, but my dream was shattered in an accident." .
The groom, who had just registered his marriage, was also sacrificed.
The marriage certificate has only been received and the wedding has not been held yet.
The man had initially booked an earlier flight rather than the plane of the accident, but was delayed and boarded the plane of the accident.
Six of his relatives also lost their lives at once.
4 females in their 40s, 1 male in their 30s, and 1 child in their teens.
They were on their way to Guangzhou for the funeral of another relative.
The woman, who had originally planned to go with them, changed her reservation and went to Guangzhou before them.
The woman's younger sister was among the six dead.
She mourned this woman, she said, "She waited in Guangzhou, and I thought she would see me soon, but she said, 'Let's meet in Guangzhou,' became an eternal parting," she lamented.
On that day, Chinese media reported that many people at Guangzhou Airport looked at the clock and waited for the arrival signal for flight MU5735 to appear on the airport screen.
The cause of the accident is a mystery... China's worst disaster in 28 years
The cause of the accident is still unknown.
The airliner crashed sharply in 3 minutes while maintaining a cruising altitude of 8,900m.
According to footage of the crash, the airliner fell almost vertically to the ground.
During these three minutes, the control tower made several calls, but the pilots did not respond.
Even if the engine of an airplane is turned off, it usually glides at an angle for a certain distance, but this airliner is considered a rare accident in that it crashed vertically.
At the time of the accident, there were no abnormal weather events that could cause turbulence.
In addition, Chinese authorities explained that there were no signs of explosives found in the wreckage of the plane.
This means that the possibility of terrorism is low.
Eastern Airlines explained, "There were three people in the cockpit, the captain, the first pilot, and the second pilot.
The intention is that the likelihood of the pilot intentionally causing the accident is also low.
Some experts are cautiously raising the possibility of aircraft defects.
Depending on the aircraft's fault, for example, the plane may fall vertically if the control stick is lowered to descend and then suddenly stops moving.
In this situation, it is said that the captain and pilots may not be able to communicate with the control tower because they are not in good shape.
Nevertheless, the question is not completely resolved.
It remains to be seen whether any clues will come from the two black boxes that have already been recovered.
What is clear is that this accident was recorded as China's worst aviation disaster in 28 years since the crash of a passenger plane from Xi'an to Guangzhou in June 1994, killing all 160 people on board.