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China Eastern crash caused by fuel cut-off, says report

BBC News · · 575 words · By Gavin Butler
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“A Boeing 737 plane that plummeted into a Chinese hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people on board, had its fuel supply cut mid-flight, according to newly released data by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).”
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Multiple independent web sources (BBC and another news report) confirm that NTSB data indicates the fuel supply was cut mid-flight for the Boeing 737 that crashed in China in 2022, killing 132 people. Wikipedia confirms the crash details (date, aircraft, casualties).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (MU5735) was a domestic passenger flight from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. At 14:23 China Standard Tim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines_Flight_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737 family of jet airliners, including the Boeing 737 Original (-100/-200), Boeing 737 Classic (-300/-400/-500), Boeing 737 Next…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Boeing 737 Next Generation, commonly abbreviated as 737NG, or 737 Next Gen, is a twin-engine narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Launched in 1993 as the third-generation …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_Next_Generation
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“Findings by the NTSB say that the fuel switches on both engines of the China Eastern flight were moved to the "cut-off" position while it was at a cruising altitude of 8,839m (29,000ft)”
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While the general event of the fuel cut is corroborated, the specific detail regarding the altitude of 8,839m (29,000ft) and the specific movement of switches to 'cut-off' is not explicitly repeated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though it aligns with the general narrative of the NTSB findings mentioned in other results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (MU5735) was a domestic passenger flight from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. At 14:23 China Standard Tim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines_Flight_…
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web search NEUTRAL — The NTSB has five Board Members, each nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to serve 5-year terms. The President designates a Board Member as Chairman and another as Vice Chairman for…
https://www.ntsb.gov/about/Pages/default.aspx
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web search NEUTRAL — Summaries from the NTSB aviation accident database are updated daily on the web, and available here sorted by accident date. See the Query page for additional information.
https://www.ntsb.gov/Pages/monthly.aspx
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“China has yet to release a final report on the incident, citing national security concerns.”
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Two independent web sources (BBC and CNN) report that China has not released a final report and cite national security concerns or a failure to disclose information.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China Eastern Airlines (branded as China Eastern) is a major airline in China, headquartered in Changning, Shanghai. It is one of the three major airlines in the country, along with Air China and Chin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (MU5735) was a domestic passenger flight from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. At 14:23 China Standard Tim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines_Flight_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. C…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_China
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“The NTSB report, which was released under the Freedom of Information Act, said that the MU5735's engine speeds "decreased after the fuel switch movement".”
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The BBC and other web search results confirm that the NTSB report, released under the Freedom of Information Act, stated that engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (MU5735) was a domestic passenger flight from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. At 14:23 China Standard Tim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines_Flight_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA FOY-yə), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is the United States federal freedom of information law that requires the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased or uncircul…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the early afternoon of October 6, 2018, a stretch limousine crashed at the junction of New York state routes 30 and 30A, north of Schoharie and 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Albany. The crash ki…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoharie_limousine_crash
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“The black box was recovered from the wreckage of the plane crash and sent to the NTSB's laboratory in Washington DC for analysis.”
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Multiple independent sources (BBC and another news report) explicitly state that the black box was recovered from the wreckage and sent to the NTSB laboratory in Washington DC for analysis.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (MU5735) was a domestic passenger flight from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. At 14:23 China Standard Tim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines_Flight_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flights that have been inv…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_deadliest_aircraft_acc…
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“In March 2022, the jetliner had departed from Kunming, the capital of Yunnan , and had been due to land in Guangzhou on the same afternoon.”
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Wikipedia confirms that China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was a domestic passenger flight from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on March 21, 2022.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 5, 2018 · For -O0, whether -march=native or -march= is the default still specifies the same family, so both are perfectly compatibly with -O0; and whenever another optimization level is specified,…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 27, 2022 · What are the differences and tradeoffs between -march=haswell, -march=core-avx2, and -mavx2 for compiling avx2 intrinsics? I know that -mavx2 is a flag and -march=haswell/core-avx2 are …
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“According to tracking site FlightRadar24, the plane was cruising at 29,100ft (9,000m), but two minutes and 15 seconds later it was recorded at 9,075ft.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of general FlightRadar24 landing pages and does not contain the specific altitude data or timestamps mentioned in the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — The world’s most popular flight tracker. Track planes in real-time on our flight tracker map and get up-to-date flight status & airport information.
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights
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web search NEUTRAL — Flightradar24 is the best live flight tracker that shows air traffic in real time. Best coverage and cool features!
https://www.flightradar24.com/simple
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web search NEUTRAL — Flightradar24 is the best live flight tracker that shows air traffic in real time. Best coverage and cool features!
https://www.flightradar24.com/premium
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“The last sourced information on the flight showed it ended at 14:22 local time, at an altitude of 3,225ft.”
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The provided evidence contains irrelevant information about other flights (UPS Flight 2976, MIG-29) and does not confirm the final recorded altitude or time for MU5735.
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web search NEUTRAL — UPS Airlines Flight 2976 was a scheduled domestic cargo flight in the United States from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky, to Honolulu, Hawaii.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPS_Airlines_Flight_2976
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web search NEUTRAL — MIG-29 High Altitude - 8-Camera view + Flight Data.The flights on the Sokol airbase in Nizhny Novgorod stopped in September 2017 unfortunately after 11 years...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr3RDLDs0fg
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web search NEUTRAL — Flightradar24 is the best live flight tracker that shows air traffic in real time.
https://www.flightradar24.com/
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“China's Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) led investigations.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm that the CAA led the investigation.
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“the NTSB appointed a senior air safety investigator to assist.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the appointment of a senior air safety investigator by the NTSB.
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“Zhu Tao, aviation safety office director at the CAA told reporters that they did not have a clear assessment of the cause for the crash.”
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“Air controllers had repeatedly called the aircraft during its descent but had received no response”
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“the CAA maintained that the crew held valid licences, were adequately rested and passed health checks on the day of the flight.”
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“"These rumours…have seriously misled the public and interfered with the investigation of the accident," Wu Shijie, a CAA official, told a press conference in April 2022.”
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