BEIJING — All 132 people aboard the plane that crashed
into a mountainside in southern
China this week have been confirmed dead, the
country's civil aviation authority said Saturday.
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Dozens of victims' relatives have been waiting for days as
rescue teams combed heavily forested slopes for plane debris and signs of
survivors from Monday's crash near the city of Wuzhou, Guangxi province.
"All 123 passengers and nine crew members of flight
MU5735 of China Eastern airlines have been killed on board on March 21,"
Hu Zhenjiang, deputy director-general of the
Civil Aviation Administration of China, told a press conference.
"The identity of 120 victims has been determined by DNA
identification."
Aviation officials confirmed they had found a black box they
believed to be the cockpit voice recorder, which should provide important clues
to the cause of the crash.
The cause has mystified aviation authorities, who have
scoured rugged terrain for clues in what is almost certain to be China's
deadliest plane crash in nearly 30 years.
The disaster provoked an unusually swift public response
from President
Xi Jinping, who ordered a probe into its cause as aviation
authorities vowed an extensive two-week check-up of China's vast passenger
fleet.
The safety message has rippled out across sectors since the
crash.
A notice from the State Council and Ministry of Emergency
Management on Wednesday called for industries across the board to "rectify
potential safety hazards".
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