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Intentional crashes by pilots remain a rare form of air disaster

WASHINGTON: Indications that someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed a China Eastern Airlines Corp plane in March suggests the tragedy may join a rare group of air disasters deliberately caused by a pilot or passenger.

Black-box data from the China Eastern Boeing 737-800 shows someone on board input controls that sent the plane on its fatal dive, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with US officials’ preliminary assessment of the incident.

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