China Eastern Airlines Crash: Black Box Data Suggests Pilot Intentionally Pushed Control Column Down, Foreign Media Reports
Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
TLDR
- Foreign media reports indicate that the black box from the China Eastern Airlines crash, which killed 132 people, has been made public.
- Data suggests a pilot intentionally pushed the control column down, leading to the crash, though the exact pilot is not specified.
- The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released the data following a Freedom of Information Act request, but its authenticity is unconfirmed.
The recent revelations surrounding the China Eastern Airlines MU5735 crash, as reported by foreign media outlets, have cast a disturbing shadow over the official narrative. While Chinese authorities have been reticent to disclose the full details of the tragedy, the public release of black box data, albeit unconfirmed, points towards a deeply unsettling possibility: that the crash was not an accident, but a deliberate act.
The black box data shows that before the black box lost power 23 seconds before impact, the crashed aircraft's two engines had their fuel switches turned off, and then the autopilot was disconnected.
The data, reportedly obtained through a US Freedom of Information Act request and shared by the NTSB, suggests that a pilot intentionally pushed the control column downwards in the moments before the aircraft plummeted from the sky. This information, if verified, would align with earlier, unconfirmed reports that hinted at intentional sabotage. The prolonged delay in releasing this crucial data by Chinese authorities has only fueled speculation and distrust.
20 seconds before losing power, one side of the cockpit control column was forcefully pushed down, but it was not specified whether it was the captain or the co-pilot who pushed it.
This situation is particularly galling for a nation that prides itself on transparency and accountability. The fact that information vital to understanding the loss of 132 lives had to be extracted through foreign channels, and remains unconfirmed by official Chinese sources, is a stark indictment of the current process. The public deserves a clear, unvarnished account of what happened on that fateful flight, not a drip-feed of information that raises more questions than it answers. The implications for aviation safety and public confidence are immense, and the silence from Beijing is deafening.
The control column showed violent and continuous operation during the aircraft's descent, indicating that someone in the cockpit was deliberately in control.
Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.