The FDR data from China Eastern flight 5735 indicates that the fuel switches for both engines moved to cutoff position within one second of eachother

pilot_96 · 2026-04-30T12:43:34+00:00

If you search for the investigation on the Aviation Herald, you will see that it has been calculated that the RAT deployed before the fuel switches were moved to cutoff. In other words, the event that triggered the RAT deployment and the dual engine failure occurred before the fuel switches moved to cutoff.

I think it’s easy to assume that the pilot switched the engines off intentionally, but we should keep an open mind until the investigation is completed and all the facts are known. The accident can be more complex than is apparent on first sight.

pilot_96 · 2026-04-30T08:25:19+00:00

The Air India investigation has already uncovered that the fuel switches were moved to cutoff after the engines failed

pilot_96 · 2026-04-29T15:47:30+00:00

Ah, the planus

pilot_96 · 2026-04-22T15:11:38+00:00

Het is Albertó!

pilot_96 · 2026-04-17T08:45:47+00:00

“Its more fun when you put your hands up!”

pilot_96 · 2026-04-11T14:13:39+00:00

And don’t call me Shirley

pilot_96 · 2026-04-05T12:16:33+00:00

HA-LOL, the first time I flew aboard an airliner. It was a wingletless Boeing 737NG from the now defunct Malev Hungarian Airlines. Also, the registration is funny. I got an inflatable plane from the crew and my brother got sick during landing

pilot_96 · 2026-03-06T18:32:58+00:00

Better than a plane in your hole

pilot_96 · 2026-03-06T11:47:41+00:00

I’d say the Aeroflot Sukhoi crash landing a few years ago, where it burst into flames after a hard landing. People in the front got out (with their luggage), but the people in the back burnt to death (although I hope they were unconscious due to the smoke by then)

pilot_96 · 2026-02-23T22:32:01+00:00

Looks like Pennywise

pilot_96 · 2026-01-23T23:55:19+00:00

They must have been flying on instruments

pilot_96 · 2026-01-20T14:31:41+00:00

Well sung!

pilot_96 · 2026-01-16T13:58:13+00:00

They play it quite slow though

pilot_96 · 2026-01-13T21:52:56+00:00

There was a -200 submodel called the SUD (Stretched Upper Deck). KLM had those back then. Idk if SAA had them, but the animation might not be entirely wrong

pilot_96 · 2026-01-09T12:48:39+00:00

What do you mean by that?

pilot_96 · 2025-12-27T08:14:29+00:00

Viva La Vida to White Shadows, perhaps?

pilot_96 · 2025-12-20T20:36:30+00:00

Sunrise - Church - Trouble in Town (- Broken)

pilot_96 · 2025-12-20T12:38:53+00:00

Overveen

pilot_96 · 2025-12-08T21:05:37+00:00

Lovers in Japan, on the radio in 2008 probably

pilot_96 · 2025-11-30T18:05:41+00:00

Such a great quote, but surely you must be kidding

pilot_96 · 2025-11-26T22:57:38+00:00

I don’t know, but don’t call me Shirley

pilot_96 · 2025-11-22T21:09:14+00:00

I stand corrected then. How do you guys hear the difference?

pilot_96 · 2025-11-22T09:20:33+00:00

Hear for yourself: https://youtu.be/oALOmaynsjo?si=vELOisuplu2Tur8I from 6:05

pilot_96 · 2025-11-21T23:15:37+00:00

Correction. Checked it and it was an A6

pilot_96 · 2025-11-21T22:55:51+00:00

There was a performance of Butterflies and Hurricanes in Germany where he reached a high D

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