Beijing 'covered up passenger plane suicide crash that killed all 132 on board'

Chinese authorities knew within weeks that a pilot had deliberately brought down a passenger jet in a catastrophic crash that killed all 132 people on board, US officials have sensationally claimed.Fresh details published by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) appear to confirm long-running suspicions that China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735 was intentionally crashed into mountains in Guangxi province in March 2022 - only for Beijing to suppress information.The Boeing 737 had been cruising between Kunming and Guangzhou when both engines were manually shut down, the autopilot was disengaged, and the aircraft was forced into a steep nosedive, according to the US findings.Data extracted from the flight recorders showed a terrifying struggle inside the cockpit, with two pilots fighting over the controls as the jet plunged towards the ground.