NTSB Team Travels to China to Aid Investigation

A team of U.S. investigators has made the trip to China to help determine what caused last month's fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800.

Meg Godlewski

Monday, April 04, 2022 at 01:19 PM ET

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The aircraft involved in the accident is equipped with two flight recorders: one records flight data the other is a cockpit voice recorder. [File Photo: Shutterstock]

Key Takeaways:

A U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) team is in China to assist the investigation into the March 21st China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crash that killed all 132 on board.
A cockpit voice recorder recovered from the crash site has been shipped to a lab in Washington state for analysis to understand the flight's final moments.
The aircraft experienced a rapid, near-vertical descent from 29,100 feet, resulting in a high-speed impact, heavily fragmented wreckage, and a large crater, with a preliminary report still pending.

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A team of U.S. investigators has made the trip to China to help determine what caused last month’s fatal crash of a Boeing 737-800. The seven-member team from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is assisting the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) and is part of the investigation because the crash involves an aircraft designed and built in the U.S.

Federal officials have also announced that a cockpit voice recorder recovered from the crash site has been shipped to a lab in Washington state for study. If it was working correctly, it would have picked up conversations of the crew, perhaps shedding some light on the final moments of the flight.