US Media Reports the Intentional Nosedive of China’s Eastern Airlines, Veteran Pilot Calls for Investigation of Co-Pilot

Rescue workers at the site where a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane, flying from Kunming to Guangzhou, crashed in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, March 24, 2022. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

Two months ago, China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 lost radio contact and crashed into a mountainous area in Wuzhou, Guangxi Province around 2:38 p.m on March 21, killing all 132 people on board. The Chinese authorities  previously insisted that the rumor saying the co-pilot caused the crash was untrue; but recently, several U.S. media outlets have quoted sources revealing that based on preliminary U.S. assessment, investigators believe that someone inside the cockpit caused an intentional nosedive.

A veteran pilot told The Epoch Times that the co-pilot on the plane should be scrutinized.