Mainland Fishing Boats Recover Ten Bodies from Air Crash

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Mainland Fishing Boats Recover Ten Bodies from Air Crash

Three fishing boats from east China's Fujian Province found three bodies on Thursday in the sea off Penghu where a China Airlines jetliner crashed last Saturday.

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Three fishing boats from east China's Fujian Province found three bodies on Thursday in the sea off Penghu where a China Airlines jetliner crashed last Saturday.

The bodies were taken to Taiwan. To date, Chinese mainland fishing boats have helped retrieve ten bodies from the air crash site.

Another two mainland fishing boats earlier recovered 22 pieces of wreckage from the airplane.

A total of 95 bodies of crash victims have been retrieved, with90 of those identified. Some 130 bodies are still missing.

The search for the "black box" and other wreckage is still under way.

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