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This plane crash takes us to the Asian country of China, which is located next to the following countries: Mongolia, Russia, North Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and India.
WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH
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Pictured above is the accident aircraft.
China Northwest Airlines Flight 2303, registered as Bravo-2610 (B-2610), was a domestic passenger flight from Xi'an International Airport (IATA: XIY, ICAO: ZLXY), Xi'an to Guangzhou International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG), Guangzhou, People's Republic of China, on the 6th of June 1994, the aircraft operating the flight was a Tupolev Tu-154M, broke up in-flight and crashed as a result of an autopilot malfunction which caused violent shaking and over stressed the airframe, all 160 people on board the plane were killed in the crash, as of 2023, the crash remains the deadliest airplane crash to ever occur in mainland China.
Twenty four seconds after the plane took off from Xi'an Airport's runway, the crew reported the aircraft was "floating" and making an abnormal sound but they were still able to maintain a speed of 400 kilometres per hour, three minutes after the plane took off, the plane flew over Xi'an city and turned southeast, the crew reported an unstable pitch-up to 20° and then 30° at 8:16:24am local time and 8:16:58am local time respectfully.
At 8:17:06am local time, while the plane was over Chang'an County, Shaanxi, the plane was unable to maintain it's assigned altitude, the crew temporarily engaged the autopilot, which caused the aircraft to turn to the right, at 8:22:27am local time, the aircraft was travelling at 373 kilometres per hour, at this time the stall warning activated, the aircraft then banked to the left and dropped from 15,476 feet of altitude to 9,462 feet of altitude in just 12 seconds at a speed of 747 kilometres per hour, at 8:22:42am local time, the aircraft disintegrated in midair above the Mingyu Township, the wreckage landed to the southeast of the local airport, it was scattered over 29 kilometres of farmland.
The summary of crash was Mechanical failure due to improper maintenance.
