China Eastern Flight 583

China Eastern Flight 583

China Eastern Flight 583 was a China Eastern Airlines flight from Beijing, People's Republic of China to Los Angeles, California, United States.

On April 6, 1993, the McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 cruised above the Pacific Ocean at 0.84 mach when a crew member accidentally deployed the slats. The plane entered into several oscillations. [http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=04061993&reg=B-2171&airline=China+Eastern+Airlines] The aircraft made an emergency landing in Shemya Air Force Base in Shemya, Semichi Islands, Alaska, United States. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-941702.html]

Of the 255 passengers and crew, 60 were hospitalized. Two ultimately died; Sam Keung, an American, died of his injuries in a hospital. By April 24, 1993 all but three of the surviving passengers were released from the hospital. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AS&p_theme=as&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F78E9953201E172&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM]

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