All 132 people aboard the China Eastern plane that crashed in southern China on Monday have died.local authorities announced last night, quoted by the agency Xinhua.
“It is with great sadness that we announce that all 123 passengers and nine crew members who boarded flight MU5735 on March 21 Have they died“said the deputy director of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Hu Zhenjiang.
Hu explained that, after the analysis of videos, data collected by air control radars and the distribution of debris and debris at the scene of the incident, it was determined that “there are no signs of life” in the areaand to date, have confirmed the identities of 120 occupants with DNA evidence.
The plane was traveling between the cities of Kunming (southwest) and Guangzhou (southeast) and took off at 1:15 p.m. local time (02:15 a.m. in Chile) on Monday, before quickly crashing to the ground in the Guangxi region at 14:38 local time (03:38 in Chile).
EXPECTED A MIRACLE
“We have a great regret,” he explained to Xinhua a firefighter who participated in the rescue efforts, who added: “We have searched the accident area and the surrounding mountains for days hoping for a miracle.“.
Hereinafter, efforts will focus on searching for “the mortal remains of the victims and the airplane” to provide a basis “for investigation,” Hu said.
The causes of the incident are still unknown and it is expected that the black boxes, one of which was found last Wednesday, can clarify the facts.
The authorities of the Guangxi region, after studying 41 samples taken in the area, they did not find any remains of explosive components.
Monday’s accident ended a streak of almost 12 years without serious plane accidents in the Asian country.whose authorities announced an investigation that will last for two weeks “to guarantee absolute security” in the operations of the sector.