Ten days ago, I shared my initial thoughts on China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 from Kunming to Guangzhou, China on March 21, 2022. Near the area where the descent to Guangzhou should have started, the flight abruptly entered a steep dive and crashed in hilly terrain.
As of my first post, searchers had located only the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). The flight data recorder (FDR) has since been recovered and both “black boxes” have been sent to Beijing for analysis as part of the investigation by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).
The aircraft was a Boeing 737-800 (not a previously grounded 737-MAX model). Because the airplane was built in the United States, the CAAC invited a team from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to participate in this investigation. NTSB investigators have begun working on the investigation. China waived its mandatory quarantine period, and the NTSB team will limit contact with people outside the investigation.
Information from the damaged CVR was sent to the manufacturer in the U.S. for analysis. Information from the CVR may explain why Chinese air traffic controllers failed to get a response from the flight deck during the final minutes of flight.
CAAC officials said a preliminary investigation report would be completed within 30 days of the crash. The final report may take a year or longer. I’ll update again when other significant information becomes available.
Thanks for reading today.
While having flown this airline which seemed ok, it does worry me exactly how good some of the maintenance on certain airlines are.
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I know what you mean. The good news is accidents are so incredibly rare. We should soon know what happened in this case. Thanks for leaving a comment.
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Few more days to get the report. Whatever it takes for no more accidents like this to happen again. Thank you so much for the update, John.
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That is exactly right Blanca. The investigation and recommendations that come out of it will make flying even safer. If more info is released, I will provide an update.
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I just cannot even imagine the terror. I watched a documentary on Boeing the other day and it was truly scary.
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I have no fear of flying. Crashing scares the hell out of me!😅 We’ll soon see what caused this fortunately extremely rare disaster. I’ll have to look for that documentary.
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OK, this is one of my greatest fears for sure. UGH.
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Mine too! It will be interesting to find out what happened. It is a big mystery right now.
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Thanks for the updates – I hadn’t seen anything about it on my news feed lately
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Same for me. Ukraine (and Will Smith🤣)has been about the only news.
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Too true! I did just see Tiger Woods might play in the masters this weekend, that’s the kind of news I like! ⛳️
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Yes, and the NCAA tourney. Tiger is always big news! If he is healthy, great. I hope he doesn’t further injure himself.
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Thanks for the summary of what the officials know so far.
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The NTSB’s involvement makes the investigation more credible. We should have a better idea of what happened soon.
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It is such a tragedy.. glad it’s rare and appreciate your updates John! 💖
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What an experience living something like this must be terrible. Interesting post!
Thank’s for share John.
Keep well.
Elvira
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It is a good thing that incidents like this one are exceedingly, exceedingly rare. The cause will be determined.
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Thank’s God, it is rare. That will be.
Keep well.
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still a little while until we discover what happened. what a terrifying experience it must have been
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It is probably the worst possible scenario for the passengers.
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