BEIJING — Specialists are nonetheless investigating the reason for the crash of a China Jap Airways jetliner that killed 132 individuals one yr in the past, China’s authorities mentioned Monday.

The March 21, 2022, catastrophe was a uncommon failure for a Chinese language airline business that dramatically improved security following lethal crashes within the Nineteen Nineties.

The Boeing 737-800 en route from Kunming within the southwest to Guangzhou, close to Hong Kong, went right into a nosedive from 8,800 meters (29,000 ft), appeared to get better after which slammed right into a mountainside. Everybody aboard was killed.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China mentioned investigators had been reviewing the aircraft’s controls and different particles however gave no particulars of what they could have discovered.

“As a result of complexity and rarity of this accident, the investigation continues to be being carried out,” mentioned a six-sentence assertion on the CAAC web site. “The investigation workforce will proceed to hold out evaluation.”

The China Jap crew reported no issues earlier than shedding contact with air visitors management. The CAAC mentioned one month after the crash that no abnormalities had been discovered within the aircraft, crew or exterior parts corresponding to dangerous climate.

The “black field” flight knowledge and voice recorders got to the U.S. Nationwide Transportation Security Board for evaluation. No data has been launched about what may need been discovered.

The crash left a 20-meter- (65-foot-) deep crater in a mountainside and set the forest on fireplace.

Authorities reported they recovered greater than 49,000 items of particles. The crash was so violent that the flight knowledge recorder was discovered pushed 5 ft (1.5 meters) into the bottom.

China Jap, one in every of 4 main state-owned Chinese language airways, and its subsidiaries grounded all their Boeing 737-800s, greater than 200 planes, however later returned them to service. The airline mentioned that was a precaution, not an indication of any downside with the planes, that are among the many most generally used fashions worldwide.