China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 was a commercial passenger flight from

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, China, to

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, United States, operated by

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. On April 6, 1993, the McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 operating the service was cruising above the Pacific Ocean at Mach 0.84 when a crew member accidentally deployed the

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near the

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. The plane then encountered severe oscillations and made an emergency landing at

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China Eastern Airlines Flight 583 damage

Of the 255 passengers and crew, 60 were hospitalized; two ultimately died. Of the cockpit crew, five received no injuries and three received serious injuries. Of the flight attendants, eight received no injuries and four received serious injuries. Of the surviving passengers, 84 received no injuries, 96 received minor injuries, and 53 received serious injuries. By April 24, 1993 all but three of the surviving passengers were discharged from the hospital.Enge, Marilee.
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Aftermath

The airframe was repaired and continued to operate for China Eastern until March 2005, when it was converted as a cargo freighter for

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, but was eventually scrapped in November 2016. China Eastern still uses the flight number 583, although the flight now departs from nearby

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References

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