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China Eastern crash intentional

Flight data indicates a China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed in March was intentionally put into a nose-dive. Investigators have so far not found any mechanical or technical faults with the jet, the reports say, citing a preliminary assessment by US officials. The Boeing 737-800 was flying between the southern Chinese cities of Kunming and Guangzhou when it crashed. All 132 passengers and crew on board the plane died in the crash. "The plane did what it was told to do by someone in the cockpit", according to the Wall Street Journal, which first reported the story, citing a person familiar with US officials' preliminary assessment of the cause of the crash. Data from one of the plane's "black box" flight recorders, which was recovered from the crash site, suggested that inputs to the controls pushed the plane into a near-vertical dive, the report said. China Eastern Airlines previously said the three pilots on board were qualified and in good health. The airline separately told the Wall Street Journal that there was no indication that any of the pilots was in financial trouble. Last month, the CAAC said reports that the plane may have been crashed deliberately had "gravely misled the public" and "interfered with accident investigation work". Investigators are still in the process of analysing flight data and the wreckage from the crash, Chinese state media outlet the Global Times reported. It also said the CAAC will continue to "carry out the accident investigation in a scientific, rigorous and orderly manner". The Chinese embassy in Washington, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and plane maker Boeing declined to comment on the Wall Street Journal's report, due to guidelines set out by the United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization.

Trending in September

The following are the ten most read articles on EX-YU Aviation News throughout September according to accumulated statistics:

1. Wizz Air to suspend seven EX-YU routes over winter
2. Ryanair to base two more jets in Zagreb next summer

3. Wizz Air to launch new Ljubljana flights

4. Airbus to pitch A220 to Croatia Airlines

5. Croatia Airlines: A220 “perfect fit” for fleet

6. Croatia Airlines to acquire up to fifteen aircraft
7. Ryanair chief to unveil new Zagreb base development
8. Smartwings to launch Canary Islands - Belgrade flights

9. Croatia Airlines, Air Serbia face Sarajevo challenge

10. PHOTOS: Belgrade Airport construction update

The three most read trip reports in September:

1. Air Serbia, Belgrade - New York

2. Lufthansa, Zagreb - Frankfurt

3. Iberia, Ljubljana - Madrid - Ljubljana

The most popular vintage photo published in September:

JAT ad, 1970s

The most visitors by country:

1. Serbia
2. Slovenia

3. Croatia

4. United States
5. Germany

6. United Kingdom
7. Bosnia and Herzegovina

8. Canada
9. Macedonia

10. Switzerland
11. Australia

12. Netherlands
13. Austria

14. Sweden
15. Montenegro

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Anonymous17:08
So many Croatia related topics in top 10, I really expected to see it in no 1 or 2 of top visitors by county.
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