Movies show how the passenger plane crashes straight down to the ground. 132 people died in the crash – but it was not an accident. According to American investigators who gained access to the plane’s black box, it was someone in the cockpit, the pilot or someone else, who intentionally forced the plane to crash straight down. The Chinese passenger plane was on its way from Kunmin and Guangzhou on March 21 this year and was traveling at 9,000 meters when it suddenly changed course and dived straight down, according to information published in the Wall Street Journal. According to a statement from China Eastern, the pilots were in good health and without personal or financial problems. The airline believes that someone would have penetrated the cockpit is unlikely and no emergency signal was sent from the cockpit. Chinese authorities continue to investigate the accident. See pictures from the crash in the player above.
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Investigators’ verdict: “No accident”
