The China Eastern Airlines aircraft had more than 130 people on board, but for now they have not provided a balance of victims
The Chinese authorities confirmed this Thursday the discovery of human remains at the site where a China Eastern Airlines plane crashed on Monday with more than 130 people on board, without providing a balance of victims for now.
The chief of firefighters in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Zeng Xi, has indicated that part of the fuselage and the human remains recovered in the area, located in the south of the Asian country, have been handed over to the investigation teams, according to picked up the Chinese news agency Xinhua.
Likewise, the head of the Aviation Safety Office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Zhu Tao, has indicated that the ‘black box’ found on Wednesday in the area is probably the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and has stressed that the exterior of it has suffered serious damage, although the data collection unit is relatively complete.
Rescue teams have so far found no survivors of the crash, while experts from the Civil Aviation Administration of China managed to access the site where the aircraft crashed on Tuesday to confirm the identity of the missing and clarify the cause of the accident. .
Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered “maximum efforts” in search and rescue efforts, while Vice Premier Liu He and State Councilor Wang Yong are in Guangxi to oversee operations.
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