Location of bus plunging into river in Chongqing confirmed

Photo taken on Oct. 29, 2018 shows rescuers working at the accident site in Wanzhou District, southwest China's Chongqing. Fifteen people were confirmed to have been on a bus that plunged into the Yangtze River in Chongqing on Sunday, local authorities said Monday. Two bodies have been retrieved from the river so far, but their identities are not yet known. The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided into an oncoming private car before breaking through road fencing and flying off a bridge in Wanzhou District at 10:08 a.m. Sunday. Rescue work is still ongoing. With the help of a sonar system, professional rescue ships located an 11-meter-long and three-meter-wide object on the river bottom and it was believed that it is the sunken bus.(Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

CHONGQING, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- The location of the bus which plunged into the Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Sunday has been confirmed, local authorities said Monday.

Through sonar technology, the bus was found 71 meters underwater and 28 meters away from the bridge where the accident occurred.

A previous investigation said that 15 people including the bus driver were on board.

The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided into an oncoming private car before breaking through road fencing and falling off a bridge in Wanzhou District at 10:08 a.m. Sunday.

Two bodies have been retrieved from the river and rescue work is still ongoing.

The rescue headquarters said a plan to salvage the bus from the river has been developed.