{"id":19232,"date":"2022-03-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=19232"},"modified":"2022-03-23T21:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T16:06:10","slug":"china-plane-crash-pilot-didnt-answer-calls-as-plane-descends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/24\/china-plane-crash-pilot-didnt-answer-calls-as-plane-descends\/","title":{"rendered":"China Plane Crash: Pilot didn&#8217;t answer calls as plane descends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">After falling into a <strong>catastrophic plunge<\/strong>, the pilots of the lost China Eastern Airlines flight refused to reply to calls from <strong>air traffic authorities. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">The jet was going close to the speed of sound <strong>just before slamming into a mountainside. <\/strong>\n\nBecause such an impact can <strong>wipe evidence and even damage<\/strong> data recorders built to withstand most accidents, it may make investigators' job more difficult. <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"After falling into a catastrophic plunge, the pilots of the lost China Eastern Airlines flight refused to reply to calls from air traffic authorities. \" class=\"wp-image-19235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/China-Plane-Crash-black-box_1648027307615_1648027307754.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Flight <strong>5735&#8217;s black boxes<\/strong> have yet to be discovered.<\/li><li> The search is tough due to the rough terrain and the state of the plane, which plummeted from around 29,000 feet (8,840 metres). <\/li><li><strong>Boeing Co. 737-800<\/strong> was knifing through the air at more than 640 mph, and at times may have approached 700 mph. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;<strong>The preliminary results indicate it was approaching the speed of sound<\/strong>,&#8221; said John Hansman, an astronautics and aeronautics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. <\/p><p><strong>&#8220;It was a severe descent.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>At sea level, sound travels at 761 mph, but when the air temperature drops, it <strong>slows to 663 mph at 35,000 feet. <\/strong><\/li><li>Investigators have given<strong> no major clues as to why a plane carrying 132 people crashed<\/strong> near Wuzhou in southern China on Monday, stating at a press briefing late Tuesday that it was too early to draw any firm conclusions. <\/li><li>All 123 passengers and <strong>nine staff<\/strong> members are believed to be dead.<\/li><li>China Eastern grounded its 737-800 aircraft, and thousands of domestic flights were <strong>cancelled<\/strong> across the country on Tuesday.<\/li><li> A two-week <strong>safety review<\/strong> has been requested by officials.  <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/385479866-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/385479866-1.jpg 770w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/385479866-1-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/385479866-1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/385479866-1-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/385479866-1-750x420.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-happened-to-china-eastern-airlines-flight-mu5735\">What happened to <a href=\"http:\/\/chinaeasternairlines.com\">China<\/a> Eastern Airlines flight MU5735?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Flight MU5735<\/strong>, which was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou, plummeted from its cruise altitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> Before the dive, the airliner was travelling at around 595 mph. <\/li><li>The plane was cruising at 29,100 feet at 11:50 a.m. (Indian time). <\/li><li>It plummeted to 9,075 feet after 135 seconds. <\/li><li>It was just 3,225 feet above the ground 20 seconds later. <\/li><li>In 95 seconds, the plane plummeted over 26,000 feet. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fatal plane crash in China.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFPgraphics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFPgraphics<\/a> factfile on the fatal passenger jet crash in China near the southern city of Wuzhou, with 132 people on board, on March 21 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PFOEpGOGVF\">pic.twitter.com\/PFOEpGOGVF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; AFP News Agency (@AFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFP\/status\/1506159034571059203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In an unexpected twist, the dive appeared to come to a rest for 10 seconds before continuing.The speed data matches videos that appear to show the jet descending at a sharp angle shortly before impact, indicating it hit the ground hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts in the field of aviation are baffled by the happenings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4oiqgi7_china-plane-crash-nosedive-circled-650_625x300_21_March_22.webp\" alt=\"After falling into a catastrophic plunge, the pilots of the lost China Eastern Airlines flight refused to reply to calls from air traffic authorities. \" class=\"wp-image-19234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4oiqgi7_china-plane-crash-nosedive-circled-650_625x300_21_March_22.webp 650w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4oiqgi7_china-plane-crash-nosedive-circled-650_625x300_21_March_22-600x369.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/4oiqgi7_china-plane-crash-nosedive-circled-650_625x300_21_March_22-300x185.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;<strong>It&#8217;s difficult to get the aeroplane to do this<\/strong>,&#8221; said John Cox, an aviation safety expert and former Boeing 737 pilot. <\/p><p>The investigation will aim to figure out why the plane took such a <strong>sharp and violent descent,<\/strong> which sets it distinct from previous crashes. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-text-align-center\">Aviation specialists will assess <strong>meteorological conditions and check wreckage<\/strong> for any signs of suspected failure, among other things. <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>They&#8217;ll check to see if any distress calls were made after the data recorders are discovered, which also <strong>logs communications between pilots. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay Informed with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After falling into a catastrophic plunge, the pilots of the lost China Eastern Airlines flight refused to reply to calls from air traffic authorities. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,6761],"tags":[5577,5579,5576,5569,5578,212],"class_list":{"0":"post-19232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-news","9":"tag-air-traffic-authority","10":"tag-black-box","11":"tag-catastrophic","12":"tag-china-eastern-airlines","13":"tag-guangzhou","14":"tag-plane-crash"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19239,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19232\/revisions\/19239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}