The China Eastern Airlines flight, MU5375, which crashed in March leading to the deaths of its 132 passengers, appears to have been deliberately driven into the mountain, according to new information.
Analysis done on the black box by US officials suggests that someone in the cockpit of the Boeing 737-800 deliberately made the fatal dive.
The Wall Street Journal quoted an unnamed source as saying, "The aircraft went down in a vacuum, doing what someone directed it to do from the cockpit."
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The aircraft maintained a steady altitude until it dropped, abruptly, 20.000 feet before finally crashing.
The path the plane took, the lack of a call for help and the fact that the signal was never lost raised suspicions among investigators who saw similarities to the 2015 Germanwings flight crash. In that case, the pilot deliberately crashed it into the French Alps, killing 150 people.
The WSJ reported that Chinese authorities did not report to their American counterparts that there were mechanical problems or flight control issues on the plane that crashed on March 21.
China Eastern said the pilot and co-pilot were both in good health, with no known financial or family problems they may have been facing.
Chinese authorities said immediately after the crash that no emergency code had been sent from the plane, suggesting no intruder could have reached the cockpit.
China's aviation regulator has not commented beyond saying last month that investigations remain ongoing.
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