Another 737 crash

[PandaBear]

https://www.reuters.com/world/china...accident-guangxi-state-media-says-2022-03-21/

 

[Malo83]

The video shows the plane in a vertical dive.

 

[Rand]

What happened will we ever find out? who knows?

diving during cruise is an odd sort of malfunction

Pilot suicide? ineptitude? Hijacked?

 

[PandaBear]

It is in an area they can get the black box, so we should find out eventually.

 

[tyman]

What happened will we ever find out? who knows?

diving during cruise is an odd sort of malfunction

Pilot suicide? ineptitude?

The flight path suggests something extremely abrupt stopping the plane from continuing it's flight path so suicide/terrorism are going to be in the forefront.

 

[Jimmy_Russells]

I've actually flown on a China Eastern 737 into Guangzhou before, in 2018. Terrible

 

[Chris Meutsch]

It appears to be something intentional, for sure. Planes don't fly into the ground, under control, without missing all of its flight surfaces. And if it was, it would tumble.

 

[Rand]

video... its brutal.

 

[Krieg]

Very sad!

 

[nthach]

737-800 with a very good safety record, the main type flown by Ryanair and also used by Southwest for trans-continental(think OAK/LAX to MDW) and West Coast to Hawaii(along with the 737 Max 8) routes.

Has to be intentional, there’s strife in China besides the current state of affairs with the Uighurs. Or pilot taking their life in the most cowardly way possible.

 

[PimTac]

There is some speculation on the PPRUNE forum that the video shows that the aircraft had no vertical stabilizer.

 

[aquariuscsm]

 

[Dave Hess]

I wonder if black box recorder will offer info as to what led up to this deadly crash.

 

[Lubener]

Is the 737/800 the same model that was grounded for a long time due to software issues?

 

[Finklejag]

Is the 737/800 the same model that was grounded for a long time due to software issues?

No, that’s the 737 Max

 

[GON]

An interesting graphic on fatal airline accidents from 2011-2020:

 

[Touring5]

I highly recommend subscribing to Blancolirio channel on YT. Juan is a commercial pilot who covers these things with factual evidence and his experience (unlike most news reports that ignorantly speculate). On his initial report he expressed concern about whether the voice & data recorders can be located and whether they are damaged.
Intial video on this crash

 

[tyman]

There is some speculation on the PPRUNE forum that the video shows that the aircraft had no vertical stabilizer.

Ehhh. The videos are way too grainy and far away to tell that, imo.

 

[Astro14]

I highly recommend subscribing to Blancolirio channel on YT. Juan is a commercial pilot who covers these things with factual evidence and his experience (unlike most news reports that ignorantly speculate). On his initial report he expressed concern about whether the voice & data recorders can be located and whether they are damaged.
Intial video on this crash

Juan does a great job. His explanations are clear, detailed, and informed by his aviation experience. He avoids sensationalism, and idle speculation. He’s a 777 FO with a major airline.

 

[Pablo]

I've actually flown on a China Eastern 737 into Guangzhou before, in 2018. Terrible

Ditto. And Shanghai and Chengdu.

This one may be interesting.