World May 18, 2022
Investigators probe whether China Eastern crash was intentional, sources say
Authorities have said the pilots did not respond to repeated calls from air traffic controllers and nearby planes during the rapid descent.
Asia Pacific Apr 20, 2022
Damaged black boxes in China jet crash leave few clues into cause
by Stella Qiu, Jamie Freed and Allison Lampert
The two black boxes from the China Eastern aircraft were badly damaged in the crash in southern China and analysis of them is ongoing, state-run media has said.
Asia Pacific Apr 18, 2022
China Eastern resumes flying model of Boeing jet that crashed
China Eastern had grounded more than 200 of the Boeing 737-800 planes after the crash in Wuzhou, in the Guangxi region.
Asia Pacific Mar 28, 2022
Black boxes may unlock secrets of jet’s mystery plunge in China
The recovery of the second black box gives investigators the best chance of finding out what caused the crash, but much depends on the condition of the black boxes.
Asia Pacific Mar 27, 2022
Second black box of crashed China Eastern plane recovered: state media
Recovery efforts were hampered by heavy rain and a 'small risk of landslides' near the pit that was bored out by the impact of the crash.
Business Mar 25, 2022
Air crash disaster risks an even wider rift for Boeing and China
by Angus Whitley and Julie Johnsson
With relations between Washington and Beijing at their lowest ebb in years, the probe into the crash has turned the two archrivals into reluctant bedfellows.
Asia Pacific Mar 24, 2022
China Eastern jet neared speed of sound before crash, damaging black box
by Alan Levin and Mary Schlangenstein
The exterior of the cockpit voice recorder was "severely damaged” and analysis will take time because there is also some damage to its internal memory unit, an official said.
Asia Pacific Mar 24, 2022
The only device recovered so far is the plane's cockpit voice recorder, based on an early assessment, with the flight data recorder still yet to be found.
Asia Pacific Mar 23, 2022
China searches for victims from plane crash with cause still unclear
About 600 soldiers, firefighters and police have been dispatched to the crash site, a patch of about 1 square kilometer in a location hemmed in by mountains on three sides.
Business | ANALYSIS Mar 23, 2022
China Eastern crash could set back Boeing's China recovery and return of MAX
by Jamie Freed and Eric M. Johnson
A 737 MAX built for a China Eastern subsidiary took off from Seattle bound for Boeing's completion plant in Zhoushan last week, in a sign the model's return to service in China was close.
World Mar 22, 2022
Fatal nosedive by China Eastern jet baffles crash specialists
by Alan Levin
Few past incidents fit the extreme profile of the jet's descent Monday, in which it pointed steeply toward the ground before impact.
Asia Pacific Mar 22, 2022
After China’s worst air crash in years, a desperate hunt for survivors
by Chris Buckley and Keith Bradsher
The plane that crashed in a mountainous area of southern China was carrying 132 people, and rescuers who went to the crash site faced harsh conditions.