Breaking news - China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 down in Guangxi Province, China

[RampDog]

From the Reuters news website -
BEIJING, March 21 (Reuters) - China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 B737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in south China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/...ys-2022-03-21/

and video footage of crash site (Twitter)

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[Checklist Charlie]

Poor old Auntie (ABC Website https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-03-...dent/100928004) has a picture of a A350 but claim it is a B738. Should have asked GT.

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[Clare Prop]

Aaaand they've wheeled out GT, who of course knows exactly what happened. Pilot suicide according to him.

[harrowing]

Originally Posted by Clare Prop

Aaaand they've wheeled out GT, who of course knows exactly what happened. Pilot suicide according to him.

He also stated all pax would have been unconscious due to the g forces. Maybe my understanding of physics differs from his.

[Ascend Charlie]

There are differing reports on whether it levelled out at 500' and climbed to 1500' before diving in. To level out from a 30,000 fpm descent would take some G, but as soon as the force is released, the blackout/greyout stops.

But that final video doesn't look like a drop from 1500' to me.

[First_Principal]

This thread has further discussion, FYI.

[airdualbleedfault]

Originally Posted by Ascend Charlie

There are differing reports on whether it levelled out at 500' and climbed to 1500' before diving in. To level out from a 30,000 fpm descent would take some G, but as soon as the force is released, the blackout/greyout stops.

But that final video doesn't look like a drop from 1500' to me.

Charlie the 738 is rated to 2.5g, the wings would fold long before anyone blacked out (at around 5g)

[TBM-Legend]

FDR found ... so hopefully more of the story will unfold..