PU 37: How Not to Report an Aviation Accident

The cockpit voice recorder of China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 as it was found at the crash site (China News Service)

China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 crashed into a hill near Wuzhou in 2022, killing 132 people. What do we know about this Boeing 737 crash and what secret is the Chinese government keeping?

Punching Upwards, Episode 37 for 24 May 2026

Topics: Aviation / China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735

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Sources

1. China Eastern Plane Crash May Have Been Intentional, Reports Say, NBC News, 18 May 2022

2. China Eastern plane could deliberately have crashed, sources say, Reuters, 18 May 2022

3. Crash: China Eastern B738 near Guangzhou on Mar 21st 2022, lost altitude and impacted terrain, The Aviation Herald, 21 March 2022

4. Letter from the NTSB in response to a FOIA request, NTSB, April 2026

5. NTSB report on CVR and FDR data download, NTSB, 1 July 2022

6. China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crashes en route to Guangzhou, Flightradar24, 21 March 2022

7. Search finds 49,000 pieces of plane in China Eastern crash, The Associated Press, 31 March 2022

8. CAAC issues brief statement on anniversary of China Eastern 737 crash, FlightGlobal, 21 March 2023

9. Investigation into deadly crash finds no anomalies, China Daily, 21 March 2024

10. Flight data bolsters claim China Eastern plane was deliberately crashed in 2022, CNN, 4 May 2026

11. Data Suggests Struggle in Cockpit Before Deadly China Eastern Plane Crash, The New York Times, 7 May 2026

12. Deadly China plane crash was caused by fuel cut-off, says report, The BBC, 5 May 2025

13. New Investigative Report Says China Knew More About Flight 5735 Crash Than It Let On, Guessing Headlights, 5 May 2026

14. Evergrande linked to China plane crash in wild suicide rumour, Asia Markets, 11 April 2022

15. Evergrande Group, Wikipedia

16. Translation of the CAAC preliminary report by a Reddit user, Reddit

17. Reddit rumour #1

18. Reddit rumour #2

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