WSJ Reports Boeing 737-800 Black Box Recorders Involve Intentional Entry into the Cockpit
A China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March, killing 132 people, appears to have been deliberately thrown into the mountainside through checkpoints, according to reports.
Analysis across the U. S. of black box flight recorders discovered amid the wreckage suggests that planned access from the cockpit forced the Boeing 737-800 aircraft into a catastrophic tailspin.
The Wall Street Journal quoted an anonymous source as saying, “The plane did what it said it did through someone in the cockpit. “
China Eastern’s plane was flying at a constant altitude and speed before suddenly descending more than 20,000 feet in just over a minute and crashing near Wuzhou City in Guangxi Province.
Chinese investigators have investigated the crash, but Americans are concerned because the plane is American-made.
While flaws in the design of Boeing’s newest 737-Max style were the cause of two fatal errors in 2018 and 2019, resulting in the grounding of the styling around the world, the 737-800 has long been in service around the world.
Aviation experts had noted that the flight trend shown at tracking sites, and the lack of an informed misery call or any sign of loss of consciousness, resembled the Germanwings crash in 2015. On this occasion, the Airbus A320 passenger plane intentionally crashed through the pilot. while crossing the French Alps, killing 150 people.
The WSJ reported that the Chinese government has not told its U. S. counterparts that there were mechanical or flight problems with the plane that crashed on March 21.
China Eastern said the pilot and co-pilot were in good health, with no known monetary or family problems. The Chinese government said shortly after the crash that no emergency code had been sent from the plane, suggesting that no intruder can just reach the cockpit.
China’s air regulator made no comment beyond last month that investigators were proceeding with their investigations.