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Unverified video of Boeing crash in China appears to show plane nosediving before crash

byJake Shropshire
March 21, 2022
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Boeing crash in China

People sit in an area where relatives of the passengers of the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane, which crashed in Wuzhou flying from Kunming to Guangzhou, wait for news, at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China March 22, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

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A plane with 132 people on board crashed in the Guangxi region of China on Monday. Some unverified videos initially posted by a Chinese media outlet have shown the plane diving nose-first into the ground, but authorities have only said that parts of the wreckage have been found so far. 

The weird part is that this model – the Boeing 747-800 NG – has a pretty good track record when it comes to safety. The last fatal crash of this model happened because of a pilot error.

The Eastern China @Boeing 737 crashed into the mountains… went straight nose dive into the ground.
According to Chinese media reports, 133 passengers were on board in this plane.
Plane can be seen falling straight towards ground in the CCTV footage.#ChinaPlaneCrash #Boeing737 pic.twitter.com/DZj1RPB4kE

— Khurram Zubair ☭ (@khurramm_zubair) March 21, 2022

That track record isn’t stopping Boeing stocks from taking a hit, though. The company’s shares dropped more than 6% when the New York Stock Exchange opened trading on Monday. 

Key comments: 

“The 737 NG has been in operation for 25 years and has an excellent safety record,” said Paul Hayes, director of air safety and insurance at an aviation consulting firm. “I’m not going to speculate on what happened but if the Flightradar24 logs are accurate, something seems to have happened abruptly and the plane nose dived from cruising altitude.”

“Our thoughts are with the passengers and crew of China Eastern Airlines Flight MU 5735,” said Boeing in a statement. “We are working with our airline customer and are ready to support them. Boeing is in contact with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board and our technical experts are prepared to assist with the investigation led by the Civil Aviation Administration of China.”

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