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Four years after deadly China Eastern plane crash, investigators offer no answers
Chinese authorities have not disclosed any cause for the crash that killed all 132 aboard, despite aviation rules urging timely safety reports.
- On Mar 21, 2022, a China Eastern Boeing 737-800 plunged into a Guangxi hillside about an hour after takeoff, killing all 132 people.
- The Civil Aviation Administration of China last updated in March 2024, missing anniversary reports despite global aviation guidelines requiring initial and final reports within a year.
- Investigators found no faults or abnormalities before takeoff from Kunming, and the China Eastern crew did not respond to repeated calls during the rapid descent.
- IATA this month issued its 2025 safety report, reminding carriers of reporting obligations; IATA Director General Willie Walsh said, 'While compliance with this obligation is improving, anything less than 100 per cent shortchanges everyone on opportunities to improve'.
- Neither CAAC nor China Eastern responded to requests for comment, while the Wall Street Journal reported US officials’ preliminary data suggesting an intentional crash in May 2022.
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Four years after deadly China Eastern plane crash, investigators offer no answers
China's aviation regulator has not released an annual update on its investigation into a deadly China Eastern Airlines crash for the second year in a row, letting the fourth anniversary pass without providing any insight into the cause.
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4 years after deadly China Eastern plane crash, investigators offer no answers
SHANGHA – China's aviation regulator has not released an annual update on its investigation into a deadly China Eastern Airlines crash for the second year in a row, letting the fourth anniversary pass without providing any insight into the cause.On March 21, 2022, the China Eastern Boeing 737-800 jet plunged into a hillside in the southwestern region of Guangxi about an hour after takeoff, killing all 132 people on board in China's deadliest air…
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