Rescue workers looking for black box at the scene of a Chinese airliner crash▶ Click here for a larger view
Chinese authorities said on the 21st that no traces of explosives were found in the wreckage of the Eastern Airlines flight that crashed with 132 people on board.
At a press conference at the Eastern Airlines Flight Accident Emergency Measures Command Headquarters press conference on the 26th, Zhu Tao, head of the Civil Aviation Administration’s Aviation Safety Office, said, “As a result of testing 41 out of 66 samples collected from the wreckage found at the site, no inorganic or organic explosives were detected. didn’t,” he said.
The fact that no explosives were detected at the scene of the accident is an important clue in determining the cause of the accident on the basis that the plane did not fall due to a bomb attack or an explosion accident.
Regarding the search for survivors and victims, the chief said, “We have not found any survivors yet.” “Through on-site search and inspection, the identities of 120 people on board were confirmed, of which 114 were passengers and 6 were crew.”
The rescue team continues to search for the flight data recorder (FDR), a second black box that will reveal the cause of the accident along with the search for survivors.
“The rescue team has found an aircraft life-saving radio (ELT) installed close to the FDR,” the chief said. “The rescue team is not giving up any hope while intensifying the search for survivors and aircraft wreckage, including the FDR.”
China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735, carrying 123 passengers and 9 crew members, crashed in a mountainous area near Teng County, Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on the way from Kunming, Yunnan Province to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on the followingnoon of the 21st.
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