China is trying to cover up about the cause
New details from the investigation into the 2022 China Eastern Boeing 737 crash suggest a desperate 18-second struggle may have taken place inside the cockpit moments before the aircraft slammed into a mountainside, killing all 132 people onboard.
According to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, cockpit recordings allegedly captured screams, rapid breathing and sounds resembling an argument or physical fight as one person appeared to force the aircraft downward while another tried pulling it back up.
Investigators reportedly found both engines had been shut down before the jet entered its catastrophic nosedive.
Former NTSB investigator Jeff Guzzetti said the flight data showed the controls moving “back and forth, back and forth, as if someone is trying to counter the initial movement,” adding: “It sure has the earmarks of a struggle in the cockpit.”
Aviation expert John Cox also said the Boeing 737’s fuel levers “lock into place,” making accidental shutdown highly unlikely.
The aircraft briefly appeared to recover before plunging into a mountain at high speed, leaving a massive crater and igniting a forest fire below.