China plane crash investigators find no evidence of navigation instrument failure
- All 132 people on board the China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 died when it plunged into a hillside in southern China last month
- Investigators are working to retrieve data from the plane’s two black boxes, which were badly damaged in the crash, state news agency Xinhua reports
Xinhua also said investigators were continuing to analyse data from the two flight recorders on board China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735, which were badly damaged in the crash.
One of the black boxes stored audio from the cockpit and the other recorded data about the plane’s flight – potentially crucial information to explain why the Boeing 737-800 plunged from the skies.
All 123 passengers and nine crew died when the flight from Kunming to Guangzhou dived from a cruising altitude of 8,900 metres (29,200 feet) and plunged into a hillside in Guangxi region.
The CAAC said the report would not be made public and would not include analyses or conclusions, but Xinhua published a summary on Wednesday, which included much of the information already released by investigators since the accident on March 21.
