Crash Rescue Efforts Continue, 69 Bodies Recovered

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Crash Rescue Efforts Continue, 69 Bodies Recovered

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China Going All Out For Crash Rescue Efforts

Rescuers were still making all-out efforts to find the bulk debris of the crashed China Northern Airline's MD-82 aircraft and its black box flight recorder Thursday, two days after it plunged into sea with 112 people aboard off northeast China's Liaoning Province.

In an interview with Xinhua, a rescue officer predicted difficulty in the search, as the wreckage might have sunk to the sea bottom along with the bodies of missing victims.

But members of the search team were motivated by the radio signal received from the black box at a place about 600 meters north of Dalian Harbor at 11:00 am Thursday.

The black box is able to automatically send signals at the frequency of 37.5 kilohertz within 30 days after the crash of the plane.

China Continues Search Crashed Plane at Sea

By press time, over 40 ships, equipped with state-of-the-art sonar equipment and GPS positioning systems, were still working in a three-square-kilometer area around the site of the crash.

Over 50 divers from the Chinese naval force and the Yantai Salvage Bureau were also helping to locate the data recorder, and will be sent down to pick up the device once the exact spot is determined.

The sea surface, which was covered with debris after the crash,has been cleared, thanks to the sustained search and rescue efforts since Tuesday night.

69 Bodies Recovered

A total of 69 bodies have been retrieved from the sea near the port of Dalian in northeast China' s Liaoning Province, the site a MD-82 aircraft of China Northern Airlines crashed Tuesday night.

By press time, 59 bodies had been identified by legal medical experts.

The rescuers are still making all-out efforts to search the bodies of other victims, the bulk debris of the plane and its black box flight recorder.

The signals sent from the black box have been monitored.

More than 400 relatives of the victims have arrived in Dalian and been accommodated in five hotels in the city.

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