Originally Posted by
A-3TWENTY
The ATC there is crap. Not only the control itself, but also the attitude from ATC to the to pilots. Chinese pilots accept all kind of stupid requests from the ATC without a word. It is almost impossible a Chinese pilot refuse a stupid ATC instruction. Specially if the crew had a 2700 hrs Cpt.
It is well possible that they had an engine failure , request to descend and got a "stand by" as an answer. And they lost speed until the stall. It really would not surprise me at all.
So I really believe this accident had a partnership between ATC and crew. But.... as everything in China we will never know. BTW , probably the boxes were destroyed, but the communication between the plane and ATC wasn't revealed yet. Probably will never be.
Fortunately for all foreign pilots flying in China , it happened with a local crew.
The Chinese media are already reporting that they entered the range of Guangzhou ATC at 14:17, started the rapid descent at 14:20 and the ATC repeatedly tried to reach them without any response until the end. Take that however you will.
Also, can’t help but agree that the last part you wrote seems completely unnecessary.