China Eastern Airlines plane crash in China is not an accident

Flight MU5375 of China Eastern Airlines, which was on its way from Kunming to Guangzhou (China) on March 21, plunged from an altitude of 29,000 feet (over 8,800 km) down a mountainside making all All 132 people on board the plane died, but the cause could not be determined.

The flight data black box recovered from the website has been sent to the US for analysis.

That data shows that someone, possibly the pilot or someone, tried to get into the cockpit, giving the order to fly the Boeing 737-800 into the mountaintop area, the Wall Street Journal cited.

“The plane was flown at the request of someone in the cockpit,” the Wall Street Journal quoted “a person familiar with the preliminary assessment of US officials” as saying.

US officials believe their conclusions are bolstered by the fact that Chinese investigators have so far not discovered any malfunctions with the plane or its flight control systems that could have caused it. caused this plane crash, thereby solving the problem in future flights, the newspaper said.

The National Transportation Safety Board and Boeing both declined to comment on the investigation.

Rescuers move plane debris, March 25, 2022. (Photo: AP)

According to a report from Boeing, investigators found no evidence of “anything unusual,” the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in April.

In a statement, CAAC said the pilots and staff on board the aircraft had met safety requirements prior to take-off, the aircraft was not carrying dangerous goods and was not exposed to bad weather, although the agency said a full investigation into the plane crash could take years.

This is considered the deadliest air disaster in China in about 30 years.