What we know so far about MU5735 crash

Key to accident

- No explosive component detected at China plane crash site (Read more)

- Weather normal during time of plane crash: Official (Read more)

- Pilots of crashed plane were healthy, experienced: China Eastern Airlines (Read more)

- The crashed plane has no history of repair to the "pickle fork", a part that attaches the plane's fuselage, or body, to the wing structure (Read more)

- The plane met maintenance requirements and airworthiness standards (Read more)

- When the plane was found to have drastically plunged at 2:20 pm on Monday, air traffic controllers made repeated calls to the crew, but received no response