The Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) recently shared an update on the China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash of March 21, 2022. The flight between Kunming Changshui International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport suddenly dove from its cruising altitude at 29,000 feet, collided with the terrain and claimed the lives of all 132 passengers and crew members onboard.
CAAC claims to have carried out in depth investigation in the accident with meticulous and rigorous technical investigation work.
“Over the past year, the technical investigation team has conducted detailed inspections of the wreckage of the plane to determine the possible working status of key control components of the plane before the crash, conducted experiments on more than 100 important pieces of wreckage, and analyzed the causes of damage,” the CAAC said in a statement.
The authority has investigated China Eastern Airlines’ maintenance procedures and airline management, air traffic control (ATC) performance, ground support, and security checks of passengers and cargo. The CAAC combined relevant data to analyze the flight status of the aircraft in the final stage Perform analysis, simulation validation using flight simulators and real aircraft.
Going ahead, CAAC will continue with the investigation with cause analysis and experimental verification on the basis of the previous work. The authority will release further update based on the progress of the investigation.