The pilots of the China Eastern plane that crashed failed to respond to calls from air traffic controllers, according to the Chinese aviation regulator.
Air traffic controllers launched multiple attempts to reach the pilots of flight MU5735 after it turned into a nosedive position, but received no response, head of aviation safety at the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Zhu Tau said yesterday.
The ATC control recording shows that on March 21, before the crash, the air traffic control and the nearby crew called China Eastern Airlines MU5735 without interruption. pic.twitter.com/9E8iU61ptb
— 凱文杜 (@DechengDu) March 23, 2022
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft, carrying 132 people, crashed in a mountainous region of the Guangxi province and left no survivors.