{"id":126772,"date":"2022-05-17T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=126772"},"modified":"2022-05-18T00:53:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T00:53:09","slug":"china-eastern-plane-flight-data-points-to-an-intentional-nosedive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2022\/05\/china-eastern-plane-flight-data-points-to-an-intentional-nosedive.html","title":{"rendered":"China Eastern plane flight data points to an intentional nosedive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Flight data from one of the black boxes recovered from the <strong>China Eastern Airlines <\/strong>jetliner indicate that someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the preliminary assessment by U.S. authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Western official told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Reuters<\/a> that the focus is on the actions of the crew after the preliminary investigation found no indication of a technical malfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/en\/2022\/05\/passenger-with-no-flight-experience-lands-plane-at-florida-airport.html\">Passenger with no flight experience lands plane at Florida airport.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, the Boeing 737-800, en route from Kunming to Guangzhou, crashed in the Guangxi mountains after a sudden descent from cruising altitude, killing all 123 passengers and nine crew members. It was the deadliest air disaster in mainland China in 28 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pilots failed to respond to repeated calls from air traffic controllers and nearby aircraft during the rapid descent, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NTSB Chairman Jennifer Homendy said in an interview with Reuters on May 10 that investigators from the board and Boeing had traveled to China to assist in the investigation. 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