

One of the flight attendants on the aircraft, Zhou Yanwen ( Chinese: 周彦雯), also suffered a wrist injury after a large gust of wind from the cockpit caused her to fly to the roof of the cabin and land on the floor. He suffered facial abrasions, a minor right eye injury and a sprained wrist.

As a result, the plane took a longer distance to come to a stop and the tires burst.ĭespite wearing a seatbelt, first officer Xu was partially sucked out of the aircraft. Because the flight was within a mountainous region, the pilots were unable to descend to the required 8,000 ft (2,400 m) to compensate for the loss of cabin pressure.Ībout 35 minutes later, the jetliner made an emergency landing at 7:42 CST (23:42 UTC) at Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport. The co-pilot however, was able to use the transponder to squawk 7700, alerting Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport control about their situation. As a result of the sudden decompression, the flight control unit was damaged, and the loud external noise made spoken communications impossible. Approximately 40 minutes after departure while over Xiaojin County, Sichuan at the altitude of 9 km, the right front segment of the windshield separated from the aircraft followed by an uncontrolled decompression.

On, Flight 8633 took off from Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport at 6:25 CST (22:25 UTC). The film was released in China on Septem and received generally positive reviews. The film is based on the Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633 incident. The Captain ( Chinese: 中国机长) is a 2019 Chinese disaster- adventure film co-produced, co-cinematographed and directed by Andrew Lau, which stars Zhang Hanyu, Oho Ou, Du Jiang, Yuan Quan, Zhang Tian'ai, Li Qin, Zhang Yamei, and Yang Qiru.
