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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Monday, June 03, 2002

No Progress in Research for CAL Jet Crash Victims

Due to poor weather in the high sea, the retrieval of the two flight data recorders and bodies of the victims of the crashed China Airlines (CAL) flight has made no progress Sunday, according to news from Taiwan.


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Due to poor weather in the high sea, the retrieval of the two flight data recorders and bodies of the victims of the crashed China Airlines (CAL) flight has made no progress Sunday, according to news from Taiwan.

It was reported that gusty wind, high waves and strong currents in the Taiwan Straits hampered the research mission as of Saturday evening, despite the fact that the Navy dispatched 30 vessels to conduct the mission.

Scores of the victims' families who had waited in vain broke down in tears upon hearing the news and blamed the Civil Aeronautics Administration and CAL for failing to coordinate rescue operations since the crash took place eight days ago.

They demanded the authorities who had neglected their duties be punished and the CAL officials who should be held accountable for the tragedy step down.

So far, only 102 bodies have been found by the researchers. The two "black boxes" and large pieces of wreckage have yet to be salvaged.

The CAL flight CI-611 broke apart in flight en route to Hong Kong 30 minutes after taking off from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport on May 25, killing all 206 passengers and 19 crew members aboard.



Taiwan Air Crash
  • Accident:A China Airlines passenger jetliner with 206 passengers and 19 crew en route from Taipei to Hong Kong crashed into the Taiwan Straits off the island county of Penghu Saturday afternoon.

  • Rescue work: Taiwanese transportation authorities said that search vessels had found more than 100 bodies in the sea around 25 nautical miles north of Penghu where aChina Airlines jetliner crashed Saturday.

  • Condolences & external assistance: Soon after the crash, the mainland's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) sent a letter of condolences Saturday to the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) in Taiwan. China's Communications Ministry Sunday afternoon sent two powerful tugboats to help the rescue work in the vicinity of the crash site.




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