[News Everyone Talks]Is it unusual for China Eastern Airlines to speak quickly? | China Eastern Airlines crash | Boeing 737-800 | Xi Jinping

[The Epoch Times, March 23, 2022]Hello everyone, welcome to the “News Talk” on Wednesday (March 23). I’m Fuyao (host). Today’s guest is Jiang Feng, the anchor of the “Jiangfeng Moment” channel and a famous commentator.

Today’s focus:China Eastern Airlines crash, Zhongnanhai’s quick response is “unusual”; delaying accountability, deleting doubts, China Eastern Airlines’ “Jiang family backstage” is at fault? Why did the government ask people to donate blood if there were no survivors of the crash? !

1[The crash of China Eastern Airlines is considered “weird” and “super cognition”]

On March 21, China Eastern Airlines suffered a major air crash, which shocked the world. Flight MU5735 crashed on its way from Kunming to Guangzhou. There were 123 passengers and 9 crew members on board, but no one was found alive.

According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the flight took off from Kunming at 13:16 on the 21st, and entered the Guangzhou control area at a cruising altitude of 8,900 meters at 14:17. At 14:20, the controller noticed that the aircraft’s altitude had dropped sharply, and immediately called the crew several times, but received no reply. At 14:23, the radar signal of the aircraft disappeared, and then it crashed in Teng County, Wuzhou City, Guangxi.

The last moment of the plane crash was captured by surveillance footage from a nearby mine. The screen shows that the fuselage is going straight into the mountains in a vertical state.

According to the CCP’s official media, the orchard terraces at the site of the incident were impacted into flat ground and puddles; the rescue core area was about half the size of a football field, but the plane wreckage was scattered over a very large area, and even plane wreckage was found on the other side of the mountain. Work is very hard.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China said on the 22nd that the investigation has just begun, and the cause of the accident cannot yet be determined; and due to the serious damage to the aircraft, the investigation will be very difficult. On the 23rd, the investigation team of the State Council of the Communist Party of China said at a press conference that one of the two black boxes of the crashed passenger plane had been found on the same day, and the external damage was relatively serious; it is temporarily uncertain whether it is a data recorder (FDR) installed at the rear of the cabin, or installed in the cargo. Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) at the rear of the warehouse.

At the same time, aviation professionals in China and overseas generally believed that the accident was “extremely rare”, “weird” and “beyond recognition”. Because from the known information, when the plane was over Wuzhou City, the altitude suddenly dropped from nearly 9000 meters to about 900 meters within two minutes, which can be said to be diving down. And finally hit the ground is the nose straight down.

Therefore, at present, there are many speculations about the cause of the accident, such as the pilot’s intentional suicide, the design or maintenance of the aircraft, or being knocked down by foreign objects, and so on.

Jiang Feng, do you know anything about the Boeing 737-800 that crashed? What do you think of the currently speculated causes of these accidents?

2 【Unusual? Party media said Xi Jinping was “shocked” and quickly demanded a thorough investigation]

On the day of the accident, CCTV reported that Xi Jinping was “shocked” and gave “important instructions” to immediately activate the emergency mechanism, make every effort to search and rescue, properly deal with the aftermath, and pay close attention to the implementation of responsibilities.

Zhongnanhai’s quick response this time was considered “extraordinary”. Because before, for example, on March 21, 2019, an explosion occurred at the Tianjiayi Chemical Plant in Xiangshui, Jiangsu, on March 22 the next day, Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang issued an order, emphasizing all efforts to rescue. On July 20, 2021, a major flood occurred in Henan, and Xi Jinping issued instructions on the 21st the next day, when others went to Lhasa.

Jiang Feng, what do you think is the reason why Zhongnanhai responded so quickly this time?

3[DelayedprosecutionanddeletionisthebackstageoftheJiangfamilywhoquestionedChinaEasternstillreliable?】

Although Xi Jinping responded quickly this time, he also demanded to “pay close attention to the implementation of responsibilities”, but on the third day of the incident on the 23rd, the relevant responsible persons of China Eastern Airlines have not been investigated for the time being, which is different from the past.

The most recent major civil aviation disaster in China was the “8.24” Yichun air disaster in 2010. At that time, a Henan Airlines flight crashed in Yichun City, Heilongjiang Province, killing 44 people and injuring 52 others. On the second day of the “8.24” air crash, the general manager of Henan Airlines was immediately dismissed.

In addition, the relevant reports of the mainland media questioning the cause of the crash were quickly blocked. It can be seen that the forces behind the crisis public relations of China Eastern Airlines are still strong.

Jiang Feng, what do you think is the reason for the difference in the CCP’s handling? Is it related to the background of China Eastern Airlines?

4【Compare the similarities and differences between the Malaysia Airlines MH370 Eastern Airlines disaster】

The China Eastern Airlines crash is also reminiscent of the Malaysia Airlines MH370 accident on March 8, 2014. At that time, a Malaysian flight MH370 carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing lost contact less than an hour after takeoff. All the people on board were identified as dead. Long-term official and private searches were unsuccessful.

There were 153 Chinese tourists on the plane. Many families of the victims were dissatisfied with the Malaysian government’s investigation and went to Malaysia to protest. However, there is a view that judging from the reaction of the CCP, it is actually not happy to see the “apology” demanded by these family members, because it is afraid of affecting the relationship between China and Malaysia, and hopes that the incident will “end soon”.

Jiang Feng, some netizens asked, is it possible that the investigation of China Eastern Airlines will be as unresolved as the Malaysia Airlines incident? Do you expect the CCP’s attitude to be different?

5[Whydidthegovernmentcallonpeopletodonatebloodwhennosurvivorswerefoundinthecrash?】

One more strange thing.

According to the official report, no survivors were found at the scene of the accident, but the government of Wuzhou City, where the plane crashed, has asked citizens to donate blood for free.

The central blood bank in Wuzhou said on the 21st that this is to prepare emergency blood supply in advance. The official blood donation car drove into the campus of Wuzhou College on the same day. The volunteer association of the school issued an emergency notice saying that “a large amount of blood is urgently needed.” Footage taken at the scene showed students lining up to donate blood in response to their appeal.

However, not long ago, the Wuzhou Municipal Government issued a notice saying that the city’s epidemic situation is severe, requiring the public to “gather less and not get together”; Wuzhou College is still in the period of closed management of the epidemic.

Jiang Feng, do you think the local government is really preparing for the rescue by going to collect blood for the first time?

“News Talk” Production Team

Responsible editor: Li Hao#