Pilots Shut Off Both Engines Before China Eastern 737 Crash(viewfromthewing.com)

5 pointsby qsi3 hours ago3 comments

xvxvx2 hours ago
I get all my plane crash information from anime avatar twitter accounts being quoted in a blog filled with typos.
seanmcdirmid3 hours ago
This is a good reminder that, for all the progress china has made, it still has issues to work through.
- bell-cot3 hours ago
  If you're referring to the seeming sabotage by the aircrew, that can happen in any nation.
  If you're referring to the seeming suppression of embarrassing conclusions by the Chinese government, that is working as they feel it should.
  - seanmcdirmid2 hours ago
    Number 2, it won't work in the long run, eventually they will have their Korean Air moment and go fuller in on transparency and modern crew resource management.
  - stogotan hour ago
    China government is stonewalling the safety report:
    > And then they went silent. International standards require a final report as soon as possible – and, if more than 12 months, annual interim statements. They have not provided updates in over two yeras.
SilverElfin3 hours ago
I guess Boeing doesn’t have leverage over China to force them to cooperate with the investigation? They need the China business as much as China needs their planes?
- qsian hour ago
  I don't think it is because of the business aspect; Boeing in any investigation won't have leverage as the investigations are run by the local equivalents on the NTSB. To the extent there is any leverage, it's the NTSB that might have it, but it would be informal. The Chinese government is stonewalling this because they deem it politically inconvenient/embarrassing that they had a pilot suicide/murder take place. For instance see also https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/the-crash-of-egyptair-fl... for the story of EgyptAir 990.