Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, May 08, 2002
Police Starting DNA Test to Identify Victims
Local police has started DNA tests to identify victims of an air crash that happened Tuesday night in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
Local police has started DNA tests to identify victims of an air crash that happened Tuesday night in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
The rescue workers have found over 50 bodies by 1:25 a.m. Wednesday at the site of the air crash off the coast.
The local civil affairs department was transporting the bodies to mortuary for further investigation.
A China Northern Airlines MD-82 plane carrying 103 passengers and 9 crew crashed into the sea Tuesday night after a fire broke out in the cabin.
More than 30 rescue ships were put into high gear to the crash site. The first dead body was found at 23:43 Tuesday night.
The rescue work is still underway. It is estimated, however, that there is little hope of any survivor.