China plane crash

China plane crash: The Boeing 737-800 was knifing through the air at more than 640 miles per hour. | World News.

"Bribes worth three crore were paid to the Punjab CM secretariat for every transfer and posting in the province," Khan said. "Our investigation found that he was involved in the incident," he added. Flight MU5735 was travelling from Kunming to Guangzhou when it plunged from cruising altitude. The jet was traveling at close to the speed of sound just before it slammed into a hillside, according to a Bloomberg News review of data. The pilots of the doomed China Eastern Airlines flight failed to respond to calls from air-traffic controllers after tipping into a deadly nosedive. "It was coming down steep."

Investigators have found what they believe to be the cockpit flight recorder in the wreckage of a China Eastern flight that crashed in the country's south ...

In August 2010, an Embraer ERJ 190-100 operated by Henan Airlines hit the ground short of the runway in the northeastern city of Yichun and caught fire. The woman and a companion were then escorted away and reporters told to stop filming. Investigators say it is too early to speculate on the cause. “This will provide important evidence as to the cause of the accident," he said. They're typically located in the tail area, where they’re less likely to be damaged in a crash. The recorder will be sent to Beijing for decoding and analysis, Zhu said.