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New Progress on Searching at Sea

In accordance with photos, 16 bodies from a plane which crashed Tuesday night near northeast China's Dalian City have been identified by Friday noon.

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Investigators Lift Wreckage of the Crashed Plane

In accordance with photos, 16 bodies from a plane which crashed Tuesday night near northeast China's Dalian City have been identified by Friday noon.

However, some of the fragmented bodies are difficult to identify. DNA tests have also been used in the identification efforts.

So far, more than 70 bodies have been retrieved from the sea near the port of Dalian, the site of the air crash.

Rescuers are still making all-out efforts to recover the bodiesof the remaining 40-odd victims and the plane's black box.

New Progress on Searching at Sea

More than 700 relatives of the victims have arrived in Dalian and been accommodated in five hotels in the city.

The MD-82 airliner carrying 112 passengers and crew on a flight from Beijing to Dalian plunged into the sea on Tuesday night. No survivors have been found.

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