/ 19 May 2022

China plane crash was likely intentional

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

Flight data retrieved from the black box of a China Eastern Airlines flight that killed 132 people when it crashed in March indicates it was intentionally put into a nosedive, US media reported yesterday. The Boeing 737-800 was an hour into its domestic flight from Kunming to Guangzhou when it crashed near Wuzhou in Guangxi province after a horrifying 3-minute descent. According to US officials’ preliminary assessment (first reported in the Wall Street Journal), investigators haven’t found evidence of a technical malfunction. Rather, they say data from one of the plane’s black box flight recorders retrieved from the crash site suggests that the plane “did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit.” The airline has previously said the 3 pilots on board were qualified and in good health.

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