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world Scmp World 2026-05-04

China Eastern Airlines Crash: Fuel Cut-off Suggests Deliberate Act

Newly released investigative materials suggest the 2022 China Eastern Airlines crash, which killed 132 people, may have been intentionally caused. Findings indicate that the fuel supply to the engines was deliberately cut off mid-flight, supporting the theory of intentional downing.


The China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed into a hillside in 2022, killing all 132 people on board, had its fuel supply cut mid-flight, newly released investigative material shows, which bolsters the theory that the aircraft was intentionally brought down. While China still has yet to release a final report on the accident, findings released by the US National Transportation Safety Board this month show that levers controlling the flow of fuel to the jet’s engines were switched to the...

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