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Fatal 2022 China Eastern Airlines plane crash points to deliberate fuel cut-off

South China Morning Post · · 302 words · By Bloomberg
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6 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed into a hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people on board”
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Wikipedia and multiple web search results confirm that China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed in 2022, killing all 132 people on board.
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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 — China Eastern Yunnan Airlines (simplified Chinese: 东方航空云南公司; traditional Chinese: 東方航空雲南公司; pinyin: Dōngfāng Hángkōng Yúnnán Gōngsī) is an airline based in Kunming, Yunnan, China. It is a subsidiary o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Yunnan_Airlines
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“findings released by the US National Transportation Safety Board this month show that levers controlling the flow of fuel to the jet’s engines were switched to the “cut-off” position while the Boeing 737 aircraft was at a cruising altitude of 29,000ft”
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Multiple web sources report that NTSB findings (released via FOIA) indicate fuel cutoff switches were moved while the aircraft was at cruising altitude (approximately 29,000ft).
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web search NEUTRAL — What exactly did the NTSB FOIA download report for MU5735 contain and what are the limitations of that disclosure? How have regulators (FAA, CAAC) responded to recent Boeing safety and production find…
https://factually.co/fact-checks/technology/should-passenger…
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web search NEUTRAL — NTSB’s investigation on China Eastern 737 crash made public. The first officer of the flight remains the prime suspect.Both engines were shut down almost simultaneously using the fuel cutoff switches …
https://onemileatatime.com/news/ntsb-leak-china-eastern-737-…
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web search NEUTRAL — A Boeing 737 takes off under clear and sunny conditions, but when the plane reaches its cruising altitude of 24000 feet, the pilots hear a loud bang.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brshceLEi6w
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““Engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement,” the NTSB... said in the 2022 report, which was released on May 1 under the Freedom of Information Act.”
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Two independent web search results explicitly quote the NTSB report released on May 1 under the Freedom of Information Act stating that 'Engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement'.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement,” the NTSB, which supported Chinese authorities’ in the crash investigation, said in the 2022 report, which was released on May 1 under the Free…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3352413/fatal-2022-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement.”More than four years after the crash of China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735, newly released data appears to indicate that someone in the cockpi…
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/china-eastern-airlines-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — NTSB’s investigation on China Eastern 737 crash made public. The first officer of the flight remains the prime suspect. Bottom line.Both engines were shut down almost simultaneously using the fuel cut…
https://onemileatatime.com/news/ntsb-leak-china-eastern-737-…
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“Bloomberg News and other media outlets have previously reported preliminary evidence pointed to a murder-suicide event”
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Multiple sources (including MSN and other news reports) state that Bloomberg News and other media outlets previously reported preliminary evidence pointing to a murder-suicide.
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web search NEUTRAL — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 (MU5735) was a domestic passenger flight from Kunming Changshui International Airport to its planned destination, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in China. At…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines_Flight_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bloomberg News and other media outlets have previously reported preliminary evidence pointed to a murder-suicide event, but no official information has previously been disclosed into the possible ...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/fatal-2022-china-plane…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bloomberg News and other media outlets have previously reported preliminary evidence pointed to a murder-suicide event, but no official information has previously been disclosed into the possible ...
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/probe-into-fatal…
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“Chinese authorities have reportedly cited national security reasons for not releasing a final report.”
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Only one specific web search result mentions that Chinese authorities cited 'national security reasons' for not releasing the final report; other sources mention the lack of a final report but not the specific reason.
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web search NEUTRAL — At 14:23 China Standard Time on 21 March 2022, the Boeing 737-89P aircraft descended steeply mid-flight and struck the ground at high speed in Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi, killing all 132 passengers …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Eastern_Airlines_Flight_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Chinese authorities have reportedly cited national security reasons for not releasing a final report.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3352413/fatal-2022-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — No Probable Cause of China Eastern Airlines Crash in Preliminary Report...
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-publishes-prelimin…
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“Neil Campbell, a former air safety investigator at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau who worked on the 2018 Boeing 737 Max crash in Indonesia”
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Web search results identify Neil Campbell as a former air safety investigator at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau who worked on the 2018 Boeing 737 Max crash in Indonesia.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 29 October 2018, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating the route, carrying 181 passengers and 8 crew members, crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 occupants on board. It was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_Air_Flight_610
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web search NEUTRAL — Neil Campbell, a former air safety investigator at the Australian Transport Safety Bureau who worked on the 2018 Boeing 737 Max crash in Indonesia, said it is routine for jet fuel switches to be turne…
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3352413/fatal-2022-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — The 737-500 that crashed near Jakarta was a 26-year-old workhorse without the new technology that plagued the 737 Max.How is the 737-500 different from the 737 Max? The plane involved in the crash on …
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/business/boeing-737-indon…
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