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Flight data suggests China Eastern plane deliberately crashed: Wall Street Journal report

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By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Black box data recovered from a China Eastern flight that crashed in March suggests someone in the cockpit intentionally downed the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a preliminary assessment from United States officials.

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21 articles, oldest first.

  1. Washington Examiner

    Black box of crashed China jet suggests intentional nosedive: Report (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    A crew member may have intentionally steered a China Eastern plane into its fatal dive, flight data from a black box recovered in the wreckage suggest.

  2. Voice of America

    Report: Data From China Plane Crash Points to Intentional Nosedive (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    In mainland China's deadliest aviation disaster in 28 years, a Boeing 737-800 jet crashed in the mountains of Guangxi, after a sudden plunge, killing all 123 passengers and nine crew members aboard

  3. France 24

    Flight data shows China Eastern jet deliberately crashed: report (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    US investigators believe someone on board deliberately crashed a China Eastern flight in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, in what was China's deadliest air disaster in decades.

  4. Forbes

    Black Box Data Reportedly Suggest China Eastern Jet Crash Was Intentional (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The Wall Street Journal reported that the data indicates someone in the cockpit pushed the plane into a fatal nosedive, killing all 132 onboard.

  5. FOX Business

    China Eastern Airlines crash that killed 132 may have been intentional: report (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    The Chinese airliner that crashed into a mountain in March was put into a near-vertical nosedive by someone in the cockpit, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

  6. The Guardian

    China air crash that killed 132 may have been deliberate, says US report (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    WSJ sources suggest black box recorders from Boeing 737-800 indicate intentional input from cockpit

  7. Local News 8

    Flight data suggests China Eastern plane deliberately crashed: Wall Street Journal report (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Black box data recovered from a China Eastern flight that crashed in March suggests someone in the cockpit intentionally downed the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a preliminary assessment from United States officials.

  8. Insider

    Black box data suggests China Eastern Airlines plane crash that killed 132 people may have been intentional, reports say (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The plane crashed in March, with no survivors. Flight data suggests someone in the cockpit pushed the plane into a nosedive, the WSJ reported.

  9. PJ Media

    U.S. Officials Believe Crash of Chinese Passenger Plane Was Caused By an Intentional Act (opens PJ Media)

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    PJ Media's feed description

    The Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed into a Chinese mountainside on March 21 came down as a result of a deliberate act, according to U.S. officials

  10. Al Jazeera

    ‘Someone in cockpit’ behind China Eastern plane crash: Report (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Boeing 737-800 plunged inexplicably from cruising altitude into the ground in March, killing all 132 people on board.

  11. MyNorthwest

    Investigators suspect the fatal Boeing 737 airplane crash in China was intentional (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    The Wall Street Journal reported investigators believe someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed the China Eastern Airlines jet.

  12. KRDO

    Flight data suggests China Eastern plane deliberately crashed: WSJ report (opens KRDO)

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    KRDO's feed description

    By Nectar Gan and CNN’s Beijing Bureau Black box data recovered from a China Eastern flight that crashed in March suggests someone in the cockpit intentionally downed the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a preliminary assessment from United States officials.

  13. The Times of Israel

    Flight data shows China Eastern jet deliberately crashed — report (opens The Times of Israel)

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    The Times of Israel's feed description

    Data shows someone sent jet into nosedive, killing all 132 aboard, WSJ reports, shedding light on crash even as China keeps tight grip on information about disaster

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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