Initial report sheds little light on March China Eastern jet crash

Rescuers carry a piece of plane wreckage from the China Eastern flight crash site in Tengxian County, southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on March 25, 2022. - Xinhua

BEIJING (Bloomberg): Chinese authorities said they need more time to figure out what caused a China Eastern Airlines Corp. jet to plunge into a hillside on March 21, killing all 132 passengers and crew.

The two black boxes from the Boeing Co 737-800 NG aircraft were badly damaged in the crash in southern China and analysis of them is ongoing, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing a preliminary investigation report from the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The crew and maintenance staff involved all met qualification requirements, it said.