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Authorities in China confirm the death of the 132 passengers who were on the crashed plane
So far, 120 people have been recognized, of the 132 who were on the aircraft.
The Chinese authorities reported this Saturday that the 132 people who were on the plane that crashed last Monday in the south of this country had all died as a result of the spectacular accident. This was confirmed by the Xinhua news agency.
The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed in the Guangxi Zhuang region on March 21, and investigators found no traces of organic or inorganic explosives at the crash site.
Guangxi fire chief Zeng Xi said a physics and chemistry lab examined 41 samples out of 66 they collected from the accident area; and in them there is no trace of ionic compounds of known inorganic explosives, nor organic.
According to the information offered this Saturday, 120 crew members have been recognized, of the 132 who were on the trip, but in the same way the recovery work will continue, as indicated by the Beijing aviation authorities.
Among the things rescued is a flight voice recorder, which was practically complete, without major damage, but the data recorder is still missing, being this is the one in charge of capturing the information regarding the speed, altitude and direction of the plane., as well as the actions of the pilot and the work of all the key systems of the apparatus.
Similarly, an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) was recovered, and according to the director of the aviation security office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Zhu Tao, the ELT position was close to the second black box. of the plane that has not yet been found.
This catastrophic event that caused the plane to descend from an altitude of more than 8,000 meters is completely unusual, since the aircraft apparently tried to correct its course for a few seconds while the fall occurred, but then crashed into the ground. wooded area.
The authorities in charge of the case commented that on several occasions they tried to contact the crew, but never got answers. About three minutes after the start of the fall, the plane's signal disappeared completely.
