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Does a video show the last moment recorded on the Boeing 737 that crashed in China in March 2022?

By Alexis Tereszcuk
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A video circulating on social media purporting to show the horror inside a China Eastern Airlines jet as it crashed is actually from a simulation video in 2019. The simulation video, which was clearly marked as such when it was posted in 2019, shows a different airline logo from the logo of the plane that crashed in China. The logo of China Eastern Airlines is a red-and-blue design on the tail and the wings of their plane. The logo of Ethiopian Airlines is a green, yellow and red design.

The video on Twitter in March 2022 is a 10-second clip from a 10-minute simulation titled, "Ethiopia Plane Crash, Ethiopia Airlines B737 MAX Crashes After Takeoff, Addis Ababa Airport [XP11]." The plane in the 2019 simulation video was a 737 Max series, not a 737-800 series like the China Eastern aircraft that crashed on March 21, 2022.

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Bull Bosphorus Simulation of Ethiopia Airlines crash
CBS News China Eastern Airlines including plane logo
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