We are following reports that China Eastern Airlines flight #MU5735 has crashed.
Last ADS-B data from the aircraft was received at 06:22 UTC and was indicating a vertical speed of -31.000 feet per minute.
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Flight #MU5735 was performed by a Boeing 737-89P aircraft with registration number B-1791. It was delivered to China Eastern Airlines in June 2015.
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Flight #MU5735 was flying from Kunming to Guangzhou. It took off from Kunming at 05:11 UTC. It was cruising at 29.100 feet until 06:20:59 when it suddenly started to lose altitude very fast.
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How is speed figured? I've calculated time and dist between lat/lon pairs and the speed doesn't match yours. Between 21:35.16 and 21:40.82 is 5.66s and 1.425km for 489 kts, not 558. Is yours calculated or reported? Instantaneous or average? GS or TAS?
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None of the values are calculated by Flightradar24. They are all reported by the transponder. The speed reported by ADS-B is ground speed.
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Looks like they regained control for a breath moment before falling again.
At least we know the pilots tried their best!
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#BREAKING Data published by
@flightradar24 in which you can see the descent of flight #MU5735. Something pushes the nose down, then lifts the nose and raises its altitude a little, and finally lowers the angle of attack again until it hits the ground.
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Almost looks like they had decompression, which would necessitate fast descent to 8K feet or so, and maybe a failed or overstressed recovery that damaged the aircraft, and loss of control.
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This video shows the head of the plane hits the ground suicidally.#Guangxi
#Boeing #MU5737
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