In March 2022, a China Eastern Boeing 737 operating a domestic flight in China crashed shortly before starting its descent, killing all 132 people onboard. This was an unfathomable accident, as the plane suddenly entered a nosedive, even though investigators agreed that nothing was found to be wrong with the aircraft.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has been leading the investigation, and unfortunately hasn’t been terribly transparent about the cause of what happened. Just last year, the CAAC announced it would withhold a report on the accident, saying “disclosure may endanger national security and social stability.” So authorities weren’t even claiming that they don’t know, they’re just saying that they’re not going to tell us.
Well, we now have a new clue as to what might’ve happened, and it only points even more to the widely held theory that this was a deliberate act (thanks to David for flagging this).
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
