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Report suggests struggle inside cockpit of China plane that crashed in 2022

The Independent·Maroosha Muzaffar·25 days ago
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A newly released report suggests there was a struggle inside the cockpit over the controls and fuel to both engines of a China Eastern Airlines plane was cut off mid-flight before it crashed into a mountain in 2022, killing all 132 people on board. The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report released earlier this month found that the “ fuel switches on both engines moved from the run position to the cut-off position” and that “engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement”. The Boeing 737 plunged almost vertically from 29,000ft as a result. It likely indicates that the crash was deliberate. The jet was flying from Kunming in the southwest to Guangzhou, near Hong Kong, when it went into a nosedive at about 8,800m (29,000ft), appeared to recover but then slammed into the mountain. The crash on 21 March 2022 left a 65ft (20m) crater and set the forest on fire. The crew reported no problems before losing contact with air traffic control.…

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