120 victims have been identified after a passenger plane crashed in southern China five days ago. All 132 people who were on board are said to have died.
Five days after the mysterious crash of a Chinese airliner with 132 people on board, the identity of 120 dead has been clarified.
Guangxi Region Fire Department chief Zheng Xi said on Saturday that 114 passengers and 6 crew members had been accurately identified, according to the Beijing Aviation Administration. No traces of explosives were found under debris during laboratory tests.
No survivors recovered
Rescue work continued at the crash site in a hilly area near the southern Chinese city of Wuzhou. However, the datablack box not been found so far, only the voice recorder. It was damaged but relatively complete. Investigators are hoping for Blackbox technical information and other important data on the cause of the Boeing 737-800 crash.
China, Guangxi region: During the rescue work, emergency services continue to search for the data flight recorder, which is intended to provide information about the cause of the accident. (Source: Xinhua/imago images)
According to a media report, all occupants died in the crash. “All 123 passengers and nine crew members of flight MU5735 of the China Eastern Airlines died on board on March 21,” Chinese broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday, citing Civil Aviation Administration Deputy Director-General Hu Zhenjiang.
Plane almost hit the forest upside down
Experts described the crash as very unusual. The plane of the Chinese airline China On Monday, Eastern Airlines suddenly went into a steep dive from an altitude of more than 8,000 meters, recovered briefly, but then continued to fall and almost hit the forest area headfirst. Small pieces of debris were widely scattered at the crash site.
According to the authorities, several attempts had been made to contact the machine. But the crew did not answer. The signal from the MU5735 then disappeared around three minutes after the start of the dive.