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New data on 2022 China plane crash suggests cockpit struggle and fuel cut
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New data on 2022 China plane crash suggests cockpit struggle and fuel cut

The Independent·Josh Funk·25 days ago
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Newly released data suggests that someone intentionally cut off the fuel to both engines of a China Eastern Airlines jet and there was a struggle over the controls before the plane slammed into a mountain in 2022, killing all 132 people aboard. In response to a public records request, the National Transportation Safety Board released a report recently on what the Boeing 737-800's flight data recorder revealed. The NTSB became involved in the Chinese investigation because the plane and engines were made by American companies and the U.S. investigators are regarded as the world's leading experts on analyzing black boxes after a crash. Aviation safety experts agree that the data shows both engines stopped and someone sent the plane into a nosedive and a 360-degree roll, but it does not conclusively show exactly what happened because the Civil Aviation Administration of China has yet to release its final report than four years later.…

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