China Eastern B-1791 down in MU5735

[godsbeloved]

6 yo B737-800 down in China.

Link in Chinese:
https://view.inews.qq.com/a/TWF20220321 ... =798476337

[Le Addeur noir]

MU B737 fleet now grounded.

[Key]

More info at ASN (that seems to expierence heavy traffic at the moment): https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20220321-0 .

ADS-B data released by Flightradar24 suggest the descent started between 06:20:43 and 06:20:59. Altitude datapoint show the descent stopped about 06:22:00 around 7400 feet and the aircraft climbed to about 8600 feet before the aircraft again entered a steep descent.
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The location where the descent from 29100 feet was initiated, coincides with the point where flight MU5735 began its descent (also from 29100 feet), the day before the accident.

This would mean that initial descent was an extreme dive already, down 21700 ft in little over a minute, suggesting something went horribly wrong upon initiating a planned descent.

Erik

[Stratofreighter]

...see the video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDDiB1dOGgs

China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 tragically nosedives into mountain at 400mph

Horrifying footage shows the moment the Boeing 737 plummets to the ground after falling from 29,100ft in a minute and a half.

The passenger jet flown by China Eastern Airlines came down in Guangxi, China, on Monday, state media said.

The passenger jet was heading to Guangzhou from Kunming and was carrying 9 crew members and 123 passengers.

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