China plane crash: Black box data shows 'intentional nosedive' by cockpit controllers, says report
World | May 18, 2022 8:19 ISTA total of 132 people were killed in the passenger plane crash that was reported from southern China in March this year.
A total of 132 people were killed in the passenger plane crash that was reported from southern China in March this year.
Searchers had been looking for the flight data recorder after finding the cockpit voice recorder 4-days ago. The two recorders should help investigators determine what caused the plane to plummet from 29,000 feet (8,800 meters) and into a forested mountainside in southern China.
The flight from the city of Kunming in southwestern China was flying at 29,000 feet (8,800 metres) on Monday when it suddenly nosedived into a mountainous area, shortly before it would have started its descent to the airport in Guangzhou.
The Boeing 737-800 was cruising at 29,000 feet (8,800 meters) when it suddenly nose-dived into a remote mountainous area on Monday, setting off a fire in the surrounding forest that could be seen in NASA satellite images.
The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 was flying at 29,000 feet (8,800 meters) on Monday afternoon when it suddenly nosedived into a gap in the mountains outside the southern Chinese city of Wuzhou.
The plane was carrying 123 passengers and nine crew members. It was about an hour into the flight and nearing the point at which it would begin descending into Guangzhou, when it pitched downward.
A Chinese passenger plane with 132 people on board crashed in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday, the regional emergency management department said.
A Chinese Boeing 737 jet plane with 133 onboard crashed in the southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday. Out of 132 people, 123 were passengers, and 9 crew members, who are now being feared dead.
The flight was traveling from Kunming in the western province of Yunnan to the industrial center of Guangzhou along the east coast
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Boeing 737 was carrying 132 people onboard including 123 passengers and 9 crew members, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China.
The flight had taken off from Kunming and was en route to Guangzhou. The crash caused a fire on the mountains, and the jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft.
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