The China-eastern-airlines" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="62837" data-entity-type="organization">China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed into a hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people on board, had its fuel supply cut mid-flight, newly released investigative material shows, which bolsters the theory that the aircraft was intentionally brought down.While China still has yet to release a final report on the accident, 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. The movement would have immediately cut off fuel supply to the engines, forcing them to shut down.“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 Freedom of Information Act.
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Fatal 2022 China Eastern Airlines plane crash points to deliberate fuel cut-off
Newly released investigative material from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) suggests the 2022 China Eastern Airlines crash, which killed 132 people, may have been deliberately caused. The NTSB's findings indicate that the fuel supply to the Boeing 737's engines was cut off mid-flight while at cruising altitude.
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Newly released investigative material from the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) suggests the 2022 China Eastern Airlines crash, which killed 132 people, may have been deliberately caused. The NTSB's findings indicate that the fuel supply to the Boeing 737's engines was cut off mid-flight while at cruising altitude. Levers controlling fuel flow were found in the "cut-off" position, leading to engine shutdown. This information, released under the Freedom of Information Act, supports the theory of intentional action, though China has not yet issued a final report on the accident. The NTSB supported Chinese authorities in their investigation of the crash that occurred in 2022.
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The NTSB report stated engine speeds decreased after the fuel switch movement.
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China Eastern Airlines plane crash in 2022 killed all 132 people on board.
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The movement of the fuel levers would have caused engines to shut down.
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Levers controlling fuel flow were switched to the 'cut-off' position at 29,000ft.
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Newly released investigative material shows the aircraft's fuel supply was cut mid-flight.
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