China Eastern Airlines has gradually resumed commercial flights of Boeing 737-800 jetliners
中国东方航空公司已逐步恢复波音737-800机型商业运营,
after a deadly plane disaster that killed 132 people on board, forced the company to ground 223 of the aircraft.
此前一场造成132人死亡的空难,使得该航空公司被迫停飞223架737-800客机。
According to Flightradar24 data, China Eastern used a three-year-old Boeing 737-800 on a flight from the southwestern city of Kunming to Chengdu around 10 A.M. on Sunday, April 17.
根据Flightradar24网站的数据,4月17日(周日)上午10点左右,中国东方航空公司一架机龄为3年的波音737-800客机,从西南部城市昆明飞往成都。
That plane, which completed a test flight on Saturday, flew back to Kunming in the afternoon.
随后,在周日下午,这架于前一天(周六)完成了试飞的客机返回了昆明。
Flightradar24 data also showed that another Boeing 737-800 jet made a test flight in Shanghai early Sunday, April 17.
Flightradar24网站的数据还显示,另一架波音737-800客机于4月17日(周日)早间在上海进行了试飞。
The airline said that they carried out test flights on all planes before the planes resumed commercial services.
该航空公司表示,所有客机在恢复商业运营之前都进行了试飞。
The maintenance and evaluation of a batch of Boeing 737-800 planes with registration numbers similar to the one that crashed on March 21 are still underway.
此外,针对一批注册编号与3月21日坠毁客机相邻的波音737-800客机,维修和评估工作仍在进行中。
Previously, the Boeing 737-800 NG operating as China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, carrying 132 people on board,
此前,中国东方航空公司一架载有132人的波音737-800NG客机,
crashed over the city of Wuzhou, Guangxi on March 21, when it was on route from Kunming to Guangzhou.
于3月21日在从昆明飞往广州的途中,于广西梧州坠毁。
No survivors had been found after the incident.
事故发生后没有发现幸存者。
After that, China Eastern Airlines grounded 223 Boeing 737-800 craft on March 24.
3月24日,中国东方航空公司停飞了223架波音737-800客机。