The investigation of the US authorities into the data recorded by the black boxes of China Eastern flight MU5735, which crashed on March 21, would reveal that it was intentionally provoked, according to The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday.
According to this medium, which cites anonymous sources who would know the preliminary evaluation of the US authorities, the investigations would indicate that the maneuver that caused the Chinese airline’s Boeing 737-800 to descend almost vertically for two minutes until it crashed in Tengxian was intentional. (in southern China), killing all 132 people on board.
“The plane did what someone in the cabin told it to do,” said that unidentified source to the US media, which highlights that the conclusion was reached with the analysis of the information extracted from the data recorder.
Likewise, the American specialists collaborating in the study indicated that the Chinese investigators have not identified technical problems in the aircraft.
Meanwhile, the Chinese authorities have issued a statement in which they emphasize that neither the country nor the US authorities have leaked any type of information regarding the investigation to any media outlet.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China has emphasized that the investigations continue to develop and focus on identification, classification and inspection of debris, flight data analysis or experimental verification.
State censorship has already met those who commented on the information, blocking access to the news that mention the hypothesis and the labels under which they were discussed on social networks, showing in return a message specifying that “they break the laws and regulations” of the country.
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