A China Eastern Airlines aircraft that crashed in the southern Guangxi province of China in March now seems to have been deliberately crashed. Flight data obtained from the black box indicates that someone in the cockpit had intentionally crashed the aircraft.
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Absolutely horrific footage out of China today from the Boeing 737-800 crash
According to @flightradar24 The last reported vertical speed was -31,000 ft/min. Commercial air flight is very safe & China has a strong recent record. This is really, really sad pic.twitter.com/WrjguW8YZ0
— Chris Combs (@DrChrisCombs) March 21, 2022
The Boeing 737, carrying 132 passengers, was flying at 29,000at a speed of nearly 700 mph as per data from Flightradar24 when it crashed. There were no survivors. It was mainland China’s deadliest aviation disaster in 28 years.
Footage shows spot of second black box of China’s crashed jet. #MU5735 pic.twitter.com/YaRVhzScQ4
— CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) March 27, 2022
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US officials who analyzed data from the black box flight recorders found amid the wreckage said that deliberate input from the cockpit forced the Boeing 737 into its catastrophic dive. The authorities said that the pilots of the plane did not respond to repeated calls from air traffic controllers and nearby planes during the rapid descent.
Chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board of the US, Jennifer Homendy, said on May 10 that board of investigators and Boeing had traveled to China to assist the Chinese investigation. She said that the investigators had not found any safety issues that would require any urgent action.
Here you go I pulled the flight data for the China airplane crash : Flight #MU5735
Data is valid and represents the last known track for the flight. There is a gap in the flight data mid-flight prior to crashing.
There is no indication the aircraft ever went supersonic pic.twitter.com/NMKaDukqI9
— OSINT AvWxRx (@RadarOps) March 21, 2022
The airline said it wasn’t responsible for the accident investigation and referred to official announcements, including the Chinese government’s summary of its preliminary report released on April 20. The summary said that data restoration and analysis of the damaged black boxes were still in progress.
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#ChinaEastern Airlines #boeing737-89P registered as #B1791 operating flight #MU5735 from Kunming to Guangzhou has #crashed near #Wuzhou in #China, At least 133 people were on board the #aircraft & rescue services have been dispatched to the supposed crash site pic.twitter.com/CLWsMd8xF0
— Bharat Verma (@imbharatverma) March 21, 2022
According to China Eastern, the pilot and co-pilot had both been in good health and had no known financial or family issues. Chinese authorities said that no emergency code had been sent from the plane, suggesting the cockpit security was unlikely to have been breached.
,With inputs from The Guardian, Reuters and The Wall Street Journal,
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