The crash of a China Eastern Airlines plane earlier this year is said to have been no accident. Someone in the cockpit should
Boeing-737-800 crashed. The data from the flight recorder indicated this, the reported Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the process. The airline and authorities initially did not comment on the report.
The plane was en route from Kunming to Guangzhou when contact was lost over the city of Wuzhou. The plane dropped more than 6,000 meters in altitude in a minute before disappearing from radar. Eventually, it crashed in a mountainous area, and the impact started a fire. The jet crash killed 132 people.
Airplane crashes are rare in China. The safety precautions are strict. Most recently, in August 2010, a Henan Airlines plane crashed in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang. Boeing shares rose sharply after the report broke.