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China plane crash: 120 out of 132 victims identified

Search and rescue personnel at the site of the plane crash in southern China’s Guangxi province. on March 26. (Photo: AP)

Chinese rescue forces have found some remains and plane wreckage after searching over an area of ​​more than 240,000 m2. The remains and belongings of the victims have been handed over to local authorities.

According to Chinese officials, the rescue team did not find any components of conventional organic or inorganic explosives at the site of the aircraft. plane crash.

Also on March 27, a memorial service for the victims took place after authorities confirmed that 132 people on board the flight had died.

Earlier, on the evening of March 26, Xinhua News Agency, citing official Chinese sources, confirmed that all 132 people on board the plane that crashed on March 21 were killed.

A total of 120 people have been identified based on samples collected at the accident scene, according to Zheng Xi, head of the Guangxi Provincial Fire and Rescue Administration.

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The plane wreckage was found at the plane crash site on March 25. (Photo: AP)

On March 26, Chinese officials said that rescuers have not yet found a second black box that stores flight data. However, according to Zhu Tao, director of the Aviation Safety Office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), rescuers found an emergency locator transmitter located near the location. of the flight data recorder.

Previously, the cockpit voice recorder was found on March 23 and was shipped to Beijing for experts to analyze the data.

On March 27, Chinese authorities announced that they had found the second black box of the Boeing 737 plane that crashed on March 21 in Wuzhou city in Guangxi province. The second black box was found by rescuers on a mountainside, the outer shell was slightly dented but intact.

The black box just found is the flight data recorder. This black box stores important data such as flight path, speed, altitude and engine power, which can provide investigators with important clues about the incident. plane crash this.

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