China Eastern 737 crash was intentional.

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

The FDR indicates the aircraft was intentionally put into a vertical nose dive.

Black box on doomed China Eastern flight indicates crash was intentional: report

Flight data from the doomed plane suggests someone in the cockpit pushed the Boeing 737-800 into a “near-vertical” descent while cruising at a high altitude in late March.

nypost.com

 

[FLYBOYJ]

WOW!

 

[space dodo]

But why? Terrorism, suicide,political shenanigans?

 

[Gnomey]

Very sad but given the video footage shown not surprising. Just a case of why which presumably is on the voice recorder?

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

But why? Terrorism, suicide,political shenanigans?

That is the next part to figure out.

Regardless a bunch of innocent people had to die for some nefarious reason.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Very sad but given the video footage shown not surprising. Just a case of why which presumably is on the voice recorder?

No, not surprised at all. Planes do not descend like unless it is induced.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

WOW!

I'm surprised the wings and tail surfaces remained intact.

 

[gumbyk]

I'm surprised the wings and tail surfaces remained intact.

Unfortunately, it's been tested before.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Unfortunately, it's been tested before.

At one point the aircraft has a 29,000 ft per minute descent.

 

[GrauGeist]

At one point the aircraft has a 29,000 ft per minute descent.

That is absolutely horrific - that descent was almost three times the rate of the Space Shuttle (which had a descent of 10,000 ft./min.)

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That is absolutely horrific - that descent was almost three times the rate of the Space Shuttle (which had a descent of 10,000 ft./min.)

Excuse me it exceeded 30,000 fpm.

 

[gumbyk]

Excuse me it exceeded 30,000 fpm.

That's actually pretty low for what I would expect for a vertical descent - 300 knots.
I exceed 15,000 fpm coming out of a loop in the CJ-6

 

[Jagdflieger]

Strange "suicidal" curve though.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I suspect that at 6:21:55 someone regained control for a very short period.

 

[Gnomey]

I suspect that at 6:21:55 someone regained control for a very short period.

That looks very likely.

 

[Prop Duster]

The whole event puts me in a bad mood and sad for the innocents on board. I hope the perpetrator's name is never mentioned again.