[booboo2718]

To me, it just looks like pilot suicide.

[Tsar Bomba]

Sounds a lot like SilkAir Flight 185...

[Clubhouse]

Due to the fact China requested assistance from NTSB, Boeing and the engine manufacturers there will be no 'coverup' and the truth will prevail.

[Izumi]

100 bucks on pilot suicide tbh

[William May]

Originally Posted by Clubhouse ↗

Due to the fact China requested assistance from NTSB, Boeing and the engine manufacturers there will be no 'coverup' and the truth will prevail.

Really, they seem to be following normal protocol, even to the press conference they held, which looks exactly like an NTSB press conference here in the U.S. after an accident. I think the Chinese aviation authorities are pretty well ingrained with normal U.S. and European accident investigations. Hopefully the government will not try a coverup. Really there is no reason for a coverup, and what would be the point of it anyway? I guess we'll see. But everything I have seen so far points to a normal crash investigation.

[Izumi]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Really, they seem to be following normal protocol, even to the press conference they held, which looks exactly like an NTSB press conference here in the U.S. after an accident. I think the Chinese aviation authorities are pretty well ingrained with normal U.S. and European accident investigations. Hopefully the government will not try a coverup. Really there is no reason for a coverup, and what would be the point of it anyway? I guess we'll see. But everything I have seen so far points to a normal crash investigation.

I am 'optimistic' that they won't cover it up. Like you said, there is no reason for it. But give those families some closure.

It's been awhile since a plane crash has caught my eye.

[Clubhouse]

U.S. experts analyzing black boxes from China Eastern Boeing 737 that nose-dived into mountainside killing 132.

Dated April 6th.


https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-e...es-boeing-737/


Also:

4th April



US National Transportation Safety Board and black box makers Honeywell International are helping Chinese investigators read data from crashed plane


NTSB and Boeing experts left for China on Friday and will follow coronavirus protocols similar to Winter Olympics to allow them to work on probe immediately


The US National Transportation Safety Board has been helping Chinese officials download two black box recorders that were damaged in the mysterious crash of a Boeing 737 aircraft on March 21.

The work to decipher the final sounds caught by cockpit microphones on the doomed China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 aircraft was being carried out in the NTSB’s lab in Washington, spokesman Peter Knudson said in an email. He declined to discuss how or when the cockpit recorder was brought to the lab, which is routinely used by investigators around the world after accidents.


https://www.scmp.com/news/china/arti...elping-chinese

[icehole]

The theory of pilot suicide is interesting

[houseoftechno]

At the high altitude prior to descent, the air is thinner, the plane has a nose-down stance, the controls act different. There is little elevator response. An engine failure could knock it sideways. A control failure could cause autopilot put it into a rapid drop. Once it is on an abnormal track, clouds would cause disorientation and initial adjustment errors. Those factors could contribute to speeds approaching Mach, more differences in control response and disintegration of the aircraft. Boat anchor at that point.

China is statutorily supposed to release some type of statement 30-days post crash, 20April.

[Azimuth]

There is a preliminary thing:

"ON MARCH 21, 2022, CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES YUNNAN CO., LTD. BOEING 737-800 B-1791, OPERATING MU5735 KUNMING TO GUANGZHOU FLIGHT, WHILE CRUISING IN THE GUANGZHOU CONTROL AREA, THE SELF-NAVIGATION ROUTE CRUISING ALTITUDE OF 8900 METERS DROPPED RAPIDLY, AND FINALLY CRASHED NEAR MOBU VILLAGE, TENGXIAN COUNTY, WUZHOU CITY, GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION. AFTER THE PLANE HIT THE GROUND, IT DISINTEGRATED, KILLING ALL 123 PASSENGERS AND 9 CREW MEMBERS ON BOARD.

UNDER THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION, WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE ACCIDENT, THE STATE ORGANIZING THE INVESTIGATION SHALL SEND TO ICAO AND THE PARTICIPATING STATES A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH USUALLY CONTAINS FACTUAL INFORMATION CURRENTLY OBTAINED, EXCLUDING THE ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE ACCIDENT. AT PRESENT, THE "3.21" CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES MU5735 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION PRELIMINARY REPORT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND THE REPORT MAINLY INCLUDES FACTUAL INFORMATION SUCH AS FLIGHT HISTORY, CREW MAINTENANCE, AIRWORTHINESS MAINTENANCE, AND WRECKAGE DISTRIBUTION. THE MAIN SITUATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 21 OF KUNMING CHANGSHUI AIRPORT AT 13:16 BEIJING TIME, ROSE TO A CRUISING ALTITUDE OF 8900 METERS AT 13:27, ENTERED THE GUANGZHOU CONTROL AREA ALONG THE A599 ROUTE AT 14:17, AND AT 14:20:55 THE GUANGZHOU REGIONAL CONTROL RADAR APPEARED TO BE "DEVIATING FROM THE COMMAND ALTITUDE" ALARM, THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE CRUISE HEIGHT, AND THE CONTROLLER IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE CREW, BUT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REPLY. AT 14:21:40, THE LAST RECORDED AIRCRAFT INFORMATION WAS: THE STANDARD AIR PRESSURE ALTITUDE OF 3380 METERS, THE GROUND SPEED OF 1010 KM / H, AND THE HEADING OF 117 DEGREES. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE RADAR SIGNAL DISAPPEARED.

the scene of the accident was located in a southeast-to-northwest valley near moyuan village, tengxian county, wuzhou city, guangxi zhuang autonomous region. a puddle of about 45 square meters and a depth of 2.7 meters can be seen at the site, which is judged to be the main impact point, and the location is 23° 19 ′ 25.52" n and 111 ° 06 ′ 44.30" e. debris from the aircraft wreckage was mainly found on the ground and underground within a 0° to 150° azimuth of the impact point. the trailing edge of the right winglet was found about 12 km from the main impact point. there were traces of fire in the forest vegetation at the accident site. major wreckage such as horizontal and stable surfaces, vertical tails, rudder, left and right engines, left and right wings, fuselage components, landing gear and cockpit interiors were found at the site. after all the wreckage is searched and collected from the scene, it is uniformly transferred to a special warehouse for cleaning and identification, and placed according to the actual size and position of the aircraft, which is convenient for subsequent inspection and analysis.

investigated

1. the qualifications of the flight crew, cabin crew and maintenance and release personnel on duty meet the requirements;

2. The airworthiness certificate of the accident aircraft is valid, the aircraft's most recent A inspection (31A) and the last C inspection (3C) have not exceeded the inspection time limit specified in the maintenance plan, and there is no fault report before the flight and the short parking line on the same day, and there is no fault retention;

3. there are no goods declared as dangerous goods on board;

4. there are no abnormalities in the navigation and monitoring facilities and equipment along the route involved in this flight, and there is no danger weather forecast;

5. before deviating from the cruise altitude, the radio communication and control command between the crew and the air traffic control department did not see any abnormality, and the last normal land-air call time was 14:16; the two recorders on the aircraft were seriously damaged due to the impact, and the data repair and analysis work was still in progress.

subsequently, the technical investigation team will continue to carry out in-depth investigation work such as wreckage identification, classification and inspection, flight data analysis, and necessary experimental verification in accordance with relevant procedures, and scientifically and rigorously identify the cause of the accident."

https://yenei.variflight.com/club/it...z6xKddd256026b

kind of looks intentional.