Why Did China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 Suddenly Nosedive 29,000 Feet and Crash?

Why did China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 suddenly nosedive?

The flight was fewer than 100 miles from its destination when it nosedived 29,000.

Everything was going perfectly, then the plane suddenly dropped straight-down and crashed, killing over 130+ passengers onboard.

Now here’s where things get interesting.

It was initially reported that 132 people died.

But suddenly, all the media outlets began reporting that 133 people died.

Were they just wrong in the initial reporting?

Or is “passenger X” someone of great significance?

Truth is: we have no idea why MU5735 nosedived.

But strangely enough, neither to aviation experts.

This crash seems to have everyone mystified.

More details, including shocking footage of the crash, below:

Why is nobody talking about the plane crash in China that happened today and killed 133 people? That thing went STRAIGHT down, like vertically….. so terrifying and sad. RIP 💔 pic.twitter.com/TLCkJXmCN8

— Chris Fronzak (@FRONZ1LLA) March 21, 2022

Search and rescue underway in deadly China airplane crash as NTSB joins investigation. @giobenitez has more. https://t.co/KUcwr4tVJo pic.twitter.com/HSNgsAEl7E

— Good Morning America (@GMA) March 22, 2022

The first minutes after the Boeing 737 crash in southern China. Video published by eyewitnesses. pic.twitter.com/jWdgiq9iSH

— Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) March 21, 2022

Here you go… I pulled the flight data for the China airplane crash : Flight #MU5735

Data is valid and represents the last known track for the flight. There is a gap in the flight data mid-flight prior to crashing.

There is no indication the aircraft ever went supersonic pic.twitter.com/NMKaDukqI9

— Scott Anthony (@RadarOps) March 21, 2022

Planes have crashed before.

We don’t write this to diminish the loss of life.

It is tragic, and our sympathies and prayers go out to all the families affected.

However, aviation experts all agree that planes don’t just nosedive.

Something has to “hold down the nose.”

According to Zero Hedge:

But as the investigation begins, the only thing we know for certain is that China’s first passenger airline crash in a decade is extremely unusual as far as plane crashes go. Why? Because, as the video below shows, the plane essentially dropped out of the sky, with the nose of the plane declining at an extreme angle.

According to experts quoted by Bloomberg, this gives the incident an extremely unusual profile.

While there have been a handful of crashes in which an airliner plunged from cruising altitude, few, if any, fit the extreme profile of the Boeing Co. 737-800 as it pointed steeply toward the ground, according to veteran crash investigators and previous accident reports.

“It’s an odd profile,” said John Cox, an aviation safety consultant and former 737 pilot. “It’s hard to get the airplane to do this.”

Just look at the angle of the plane seen in footage of the crash, which has been circulating on social media.

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Answers will likely be forthcoming, although we suspect, given the crash occurred in China, may not be timely. But one thing is clear: something must have gone seriously wrong for the nose of the plane to have declined at such an extreme angle.

“You need something to hold the nose down,” said Benjamin Berman, a a former NTSB investigator who has experience flying 737s.

“You need something to hold the nose down.”

That’s what makes this case so compelling.

It’s not like any other plane crash.

So… what happened?

Dashcam footage of the China Eastern MU5735 crash. pic.twitter.com/H1MRgBWaAl

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 21, 2022

But that’s not all.

This plane is one of the safest planes in the world.

So what caused one of the safest planes of all time to nosedive to its destruction?

NBC News has more details:

Aviation experts say the jetliner that crashed Monday in China was one of the safest in the world, which could raise questions about one of the industry’s workhorses, the Boeing 737-800 NG.

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed in the mountains of southern China, leaving the fate of its 132 passengers and crew members unknown. No survivors had been found as the search continued Tuesday, according to Chinese state media.

Investigators are likely to use flight recordings and the final minutes of air traffic control communication to determine what caused the crash.

The plane lost contact over Wuzhou during a flight between the southern cities of Kunming and Guangzhou, the airline and the country’s Civil Aviation Administration said. The latter is leading the investigation.

“They will be looking for the flight data recorder and the voice data recorder from the crash site, because they hold vital information to really know what occurred during the last moments before the aircraft’s descent. That will be important,” said Hassan Shahidi, the president of the Flight Safety Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes aviation safety.

Investigators also will delve into the maintenance history of the aircraft and its engine, the recent training of the flight crew and the pilot’s experience, he said.

Could this be a “normal,” yet tragic accident?

In other words… a freak accident?

Sure.

But what would have held the nose down?

Is this related to what’s happening in Ukraine or Russia?

Was this a terrorist attack?

It’s too early to tell.

But one thing is certain:

This does not appear to be an “ordinary” plane crash.