Recently, there are rumors on the overseas network that China Eastern Airlines has carried out self-maintenance maintenance of the 737-800 "pickle fork" (pickle fork), and it is speculated that it is related to the accident.
At the fourth press conference of the National Emergency Response Headquarters of China Eastern Airlines MU5735 aircraft flight accident on the 24th, Liu Xiaodong, director of the publicity department of China Eastern Airlines, said that the aircraft B1791 in this accident was only 6.8 years old, with a total of 6.8 years. It flew 8,986 sorties, but did not meet the most stringent maintenance standard for the "shift fork" component in the airworthiness directive standard of the aircraft type - 22,600 flight take-offs and landings.
The crashed plane did not involve overhaul of this component.
(Xinhua News Agency reporter)