Newly released investigative materials about the 2022 China Eastern Airlines crash indicate that the aircraft’s fuel supply is cut off during the flight, according to two reports. The Boeing 737 that crashed into a hillside in China kills all 132 people on board. The materials, released by the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board this month as described by one outlet, point to changes in the controls that govern fuel flow to the engines. The reporting says the relevant levers were switched mid-flight, aligning with an established theory that the plane was deliberately brought down rather than suffering a purely mechanical or accidental failure.
China has not yet published a final official report on the accident, the coverage notes. While the United States’ materials are presented as newly available evidence supporting the deliberate-fuel-cutoff scenario, both reports characterize the case as still awaiting China’s final conclusions. The information therefore adds to the investigation’s direction without providing a final determination of responsibility.
