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39 Survivors, 115 Confirmed Dead From Downed Plane in South Korea

The death toll from the Chinese passenger airliner crash on Monday near the South Korean city of Pusan has reached 115, while the number of survivors going down to 39 as more people died on the way to or in hospital.


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39 Survivors, 115 Confirmed Dead From Downed Plane in South Korea
The death toll from the Chinese passenger airliner crash on Monday near the South Korean city of Pusan has reached 115, while the number of survivors going down to 39 as more people died on the way to or in hospital, sources with the South Korean rescue team said.

Earlier reports said 54 survivors were found, but 15 of them died before or after they were sent to hospital.

Conditions of the remaining 12 people are not clear yet.

The Air China Boeing 767-200 passenger plane, flight number CA129, crashed into a mountainside near Pusan airport at 11:23 am.local time (0223 GMT) amid heavy rain and dense fog.

The flight, with 155 passengers and 11 crew members aboard, took off from Beijing's Capital International Airport at 8:37 a.m.Beijing time (0037 GMT) and was scheduled to arrive in Pusan in about two hours, sources at the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said.

The passengers on board were 135 South Koreans, 19 Chinese and one Uzbek, according to the CAAC.

Officials of the Chinese Embassy in Seoul and the General Consulate in Pusan said 11 Chinese passengers survived the crash.

The 11 survivors are Wu Xinlu (captain), Wang Ze (flight attendant), Du Dazheng (flight attendant), Piao Chunzi, Jin Wenxue, Piao Xianzhe, Pei Zaiyuan, Ren Quanze, Wu Yonggen, Quan Chengzhe and Quan Chengba, all passengers. The survivors are now in five hospitals in Pusan and Gimhae for treatment.

Police, assisted by helicopters, were trying to rescue survivors but efforts were hampered by rain and bad access by roads.

There were no reports of ground casualties so far.

Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji, both now on their state visit outside of Beijing, sent respectively messages to South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, condoling victims of the crash and extending thanks for the rescue efforts on the South Korean side.

Air China is China's flagship carrier and its largest airline in terms of traffic volume. The airline had not had a fatal crash since it was founded in 1988, according to the aviation safety Website, Airsafe.com.


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