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Crash: China Eastern B738 near Guangzhou on Mar 21st 2022

by qb on 3/21/22, 12:12 PM with 56 comments

• by NamTaf on 3/21/22, 3:02 PM

  The million-dollar question now is how it managed to recover after plummeting 2/3 its altitude, only to do so again shortly after? That shows that it was still operable and could aviate, and opens up many more questions.

  https://twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1505863117343014916

• by fsflover on 3/21/22, 1:05 PM

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30751785

• by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on 3/21/22, 1:31 PM

  This makes me sad. Horrible news.

• by belter on 3/21/22, 4:37 PM

  "China Eastern flight MU5735 crashes, 132 people were on board" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30751785

  "Plane carrying 132 people crashes in Guangxi hills" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30754868

• by krnlpnc on 3/21/22, 2:48 PM

  Was this the 737NG model that was found to have accelerated wear and possible cracking of pickle forks?

  Not trying to speculate, only wondering if the same model of plane.

• by elboru on 3/21/22, 2:36 PM

  In that photo the plane looks totally vertical. Is that common on crash accidents?