The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board released data this week indicating the fuel supply was switched off to both engines of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 jet before the aircraft plunged into a hillside in southern China in March 2022, killing all 132 people on board.
The NTSB said on Wednesday its probe of China’s deadliest air disaster in three decades turned up no safety issues. Fuel switches on Boeing 737 aircraft are physical controls regulating fuel flow to the engines, and a pilot must pull the switch up before moving it from run to cutoff.
Its release is the first significant investigative update on the deadly crash.
In March, China’s aviation regulator opted for the second year not to release an annual update on its investigation of the crash,…
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