Apparently one of those "revenge against society" attacks: "Beijing 'covered up passenger plane suicide crash that killed all 132 on board': Data showed pilots wrestled over controls after engines were switched off"--Daily Mail. The aircraft in question was China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 which crashed into mountains in Guangxi province in March 2022 killing all 132 people on board.
The Boeing 737 had been cruising between Kunming and Guangzhou when both engines were manually shut down, the autopilot was disengaged, and the aircraft was forced into a steep nosedive, according to the US findings.
Data extracted from the flight recorders showed a terrifying struggle inside the cockpit, with two pilots fighting over the controls as the jet plunged towards the ground.
The NTSB said: ‘It was found that while cruising at 29,000ft, the fuel switches on both engines moved from the run position to the cut-off position. Engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement.’
Graphs released by the American agency showed opposing movements on the pilot's control yokes, indicating one crew member was attempting to recover the aircraft while another continued forcing it into a dive.
Video captured from the ground showed the plane plunging almost vertically from the sky.
No distress call was made by the crew, and no emergency transponder code was transmitted before the impact.
The article also reports:
Three pilots were on the flight deck at the time of the crash - Captain Yang Hongda, 32, first officer Zhang Zhengping, 59, and trainee second officer Ni Gongtao, 27.
Speculation in China has focused heavily on Zhang, one of the airline's senior pilots, who had reportedly recently lost his captain's rank.
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