{"id":20640,"date":"2022-05-18T16:56:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T11:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=20640"},"modified":"2022-05-18T16:56:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T11:26:26","slug":"china-eastern-airlines-crash-likely-intentional-us-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/18\/china-eastern-airlines-crash-likely-intentional-us-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"China Eastern airlines crash likely intentional, US reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\" id=\"0\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">Investigators probing the\u00a0crash\u00a0of a\u00a0China\u00a0Eastern\u00a0Airlines jet are examining whether it was due to\u00a0intentional\u00a0action\u00a0taken on the flight deck, with no evidence so far of a technical malfunction, two people briefed on the matter told.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"1\"><em>The Wall Street Journal reported earlier Tuesday that flight data from one of the Boeing 737-800\u2019s black boxes indicated that someone in the cockpit\u00a0intentionally\u00a0crashed the plane, citing people familiar with US officials\u2019 preliminary assessment.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-u-s-national-transportation-safety-board\"> U.S. National Transportation Safety Board <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62845e289785f1001810524f-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20642\" width=\"1033\" height=\"775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62845e289785f1001810524f-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62845e289785f1001810524f-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62845e289785f1001810524f-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62845e289785f1001810524f-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62845e289785f1001810524f-750x563.webp 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/62845e289785f1001810524f.webp 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1033px) 100vw, 1033px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Boeing Co, the maker of the jet, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ntsb.gov\/Pages\/home.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">U.S. National Transportation Safety Board <\/a>(NTSB) declined to remark and referred questions to Chinese regulators.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"3\">The Boeing 737-800, en route from Kunming to Guangzhou,&nbsp;crashed on March 21 in the mountains of Guangxi, after a sudden plunge from cruising altitude, killing all 123 passengers and nine crew members aboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"6\"><em>Screenshots of the Wall Street Journal story seemed to be censored both on\u00a0China\u2018s Twitter-like platform Weibo and messaging app Wechat on Wednesday morning. The hashtag topics \u201cChina\u00a0Eastern&#8221; and \u201cChina\u00a0Eastern\u00a0black boxes&#8221; are banned on Weibo, which is cited as a breach of relevant laws, and users are incapable to share the story in group chats on WeChat.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-civil-aviation-administration-of-china-said\">Civil Aviation Administration of\u00a0China\u00a0said   <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"7\">The Civil Aviation Administration of\u00a0China\u00a0told on April 11 in response to rumors on the internet of a deliberate\u00a0crash\u00a0that the speculation had \u201cgravely misled the public&#8221; and \u201cinterfered with the accident investigation work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"8\">China\u00a0Eastern\u00a0did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal told the airline had told in a report that no evidence had emerged that could determine whether or not there were any problems with the accident aircraft. The Chinese Embassy declined to remark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"9\">The 737-800 is a widely flown predecessor to Boeing\u2019s 737 MAX but does not have the systems that have been linked to fatal 737-MAX&nbsp;crashes in 2018 and 2019 that led to a lengthy grounding of the MAX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"10\">China\u00a0Eastern\u00a0grounded its entire fleet of 737-800 planes after the\u00a0crash but resumed flights in mid-April in a move widely seen at the time as ruling out any immediate new safety concern over Boeing\u2019s previous and still most widely utilized model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20645\" width=\"1036\" height=\"583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/001bc0ce-1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1036px) 100vw, 1036px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"11\">In a summary of an unpublished preliminary\u00a0crash\u00a0statement last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_language\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Chinese <\/a>regulators did not point to any technical recommendations on the 737-800, which has been in service since 1997 with a strong safety record, according to experts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/30\/flybig-to-start-delhi-shillong-route-plan-up-big-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Flybig to start Delhi-Shillong route ; plan up big expansion<\/a>       <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/17\/qatars-ceo-warns-of-second-aviation-sector-recession\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Qatar\u2019s CEO warns of second aviation sector recession<\/a>    <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/09\/aai-collaborates-with-self-help-groups-to-sell-locally-made-items-at-airports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">AAI collaborates with self-help groups to sell locally made items at airports<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"12\"><em>NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy told in a May 10 Reuters interview that board investigators and Boeing had journeyed to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_language\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">China\u00a0<\/a>to assist the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_language\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Chinese <\/a>investigation. She reported that the investigation to date had not found any safety issues that would require any urgent\u00a0actions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"13\">Homendy said if the board has any safety concerns it will \u201cissue urgent safety recommendations.&#8221;The NTSB assisted Chinese investigators with the review of black boxes at its US lab in Washington. Shares of Boeing closed up 6.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"16\">A final report into the causes could take two years or more to compile, Chinese officials have told us. Analysts say most\u00a0crashes are caused by a cocktail of human and technical factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"17\">Deliberate\u00a0crashes are exceptionally rare. Experts reported the latest hypothesis left open whether the\u00a0action\u00a0stemmed from one pilot acting alone or the result of a struggle or intrusion but\u00a0sources\u00a0stressed nothing has been approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>In March 2015, a Germanwings co-pilot deliberately flew an Airbus A320 into a French mountainside, killing all 150 onboard.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/123819652_6776e1f0-c6ba-4694-b08f-7ac416f2acd3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/123819652_6776e1f0-c6ba-4694-b08f-7ac416f2acd3.jpg 976w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/123819652_6776e1f0-c6ba-4694-b08f-7ac416f2acd3-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/123819652_6776e1f0-c6ba-4694-b08f-7ac416f2acd3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/123819652_6776e1f0-c6ba-4694-b08f-7ac416f2acd3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/123819652_6776e1f0-c6ba-4694-b08f-7ac416f2acd3-750x422.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"19\"><strong>French investigators found the 27-year-old was suffering from a suspected \u201cpsychotic depressive episode,&#8221; concealed from his employer. They later called for better mental health guidelines and stronger peer approval groups for pilots.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators probing the\u00a0crash\u00a0of a\u00a0China\u00a0Eastern\u00a0Airlines jet are examining whether it was due to\u00a0intentional\u00a0action\u00a0taken on the flight deck, with no evidence so far of a technical malfunction, two people briefed on the matter told.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20642,"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":[416],"tags":[152,392,224,5569,4735,2635,426,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-20640","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quick-updates","8":"tag-airlines","9":"tag-airlines-news","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-china-eastern-airlines","12":"tag-china-flight","13":"tag-crashed","14":"tag-flights","15":"tag-international"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20640"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20646,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20640\/revisions\/20646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}