The plane plunged over the mountains: all 132 passengers and 9 crew members died. Photo: AP
Black box data recovered from China Eastern Airlines crashed on March 21 Suggesting that someone in the cockpit intentionally shot down the plane, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a preliminary assessment by US authorities.
The Boeing 737-800 was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou when it plunged into the mountains from 10,000 meters. Killed all 132 passengers and 9 crew members Of the flight MU5735.. It was China’s most deadly aviation accident in decades.
The information extracted from the damaged black box of the plane is Human commands to control brought the plane to its deadly fallAccording to the journal, cites people who are familiar with the survey.
Rescue teams will work in the area of the wrecked plane on March 21st.
“The plane did what someone in the cockpit directed.” The journal quoted someone familiar with the preliminary assessment of US authorities.
The plane’s flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were recovered from the crash and sent to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, DC, which was previously reported by the media on China’s national communications.
The plane plunged over the mountains.
The US authorities involved in the investigation are focusing on the actions of one pilot. The journal added that someone else on the plane could have entered the cabin and deliberately caused the crash.
Chinese investigators did not reveal any mechanical or technical problems with the aircraft. The fact that it may have caused an accident and, as is usual in this type of incident, may require additional action in this area, gives U.S. authorities credibility in their assessment. Reported the fact that he believed.
All 132 passengers and 9 crew members were killed.
In a statement to Journal China Stan, he said there was no evidence that could determine if there was a problem with the plane involved in the crash. The airline told the journal that the pilots were in good health and their families were in good health and their financial condition was also good.
“Informal speculation can interfere with accident investigations and affect actual progress in the global air transport industry,” the airline told the journal.
On Wednesday, China’s Global Times quoted a statement from the CAAC, claiming to have contacted NTSB investigators and denied “disclosure of information about the investigation to the press.”
Now they show that the plane has deliberately plunged.
According to the Global Times, the CAAC said the investigation was underway in a “scientific and rigorous” way and promised to release a “timely and accurate” update.
According to the report, the crew and maintenance personnel were “in compliance with relevant standards.” Nothing was declared dangerous on board, and no dangerous weather was expected.
According to the report, there were no abnormalities in the radio communication between the crew and the air traffic control department before the plane deviated from cruising altitude.
One of the “black boxes” recovered on the day of the accident: AP
Rumors that the pilot intentionally crashed the plane Some have pointed out CAAC’s observations of the mental health of aviation personnel after the accident, which was widely distributed on the Internet in China in early April.
At a meeting on aviation security on April 6, CAAC Director Feng Masa Chung told Communist Party officials at all levels, “Maximum to stabilize the team’s thinking and solve employees in work, life and study. He made an effort and urged him to guarantee his physical and mental health. “
The wreckage of a damaged plane on March 21st. Photo: AP
“In particular, authorities need to focus on the ideological work of pilots and lay a solid foundation for the front line to operate safely,” Fen said.
Speculation about pilot suicide as the cause of the accident logically led the CAAC to deny them. “These rumors have terribly confused the public and interfered with the accident investigation,” CAAC official Wu Sijie said at a press conference on April 11.
Source: Clarin