Chinese President Xi Jinping this Monday joined in honoring the 132 people who died in a plane crash
BEIJING, March 28 (RHC) Chinese President Xi Jinping paid tribute this Monday to the 132 people who died a week ago when flight MU5735 crashed in a mountainous area of the country.
The President and other leaders offered the victims a minute’s silence before beginning a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
Actions like this began across the Asian nation yesterday, the most important at the site where the plane crashed, and all personnel involved in the search and collection of the remains dedicated three minutes of silence to the dead in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region . (South).
The relatives of the deceased, accompanied by local leaders, also laid memorials at funeral homes and in different parts of the country.
On the other hand, it was revealed on Monday that scientists have completed DNA testing of the 123 passengers and nine crew members on MU5735 operated by China Eastern Airlines.
Rescuers continue to search for more personal belongings and debris from the plane while investigators work to decipher the two black boxes.
Flight MU 5735 crashed in a mountainous area of Zhang in Guangxi on the 21st on the way from Kunming to Guangzhou.
It took off at 1:15 p.m. local time, at 2:19 p.m. it began to descend steeply from an altitude of 8,869 meters at a speed of 845 kilometers per hour and lost contact with the radar two minutes later.
The machine was a Boeing 737-800, had been in service for six and a half years, and had a capacity for 162 passengers.
The previous day, the Chinese government confirmed the deaths of the 123 passengers and nine crew members on flight MU 5735 and reported on the continuity of the investigation.
Evidence so far has been provided that at the time of the accident the weather conditions were normal, the nine crew members were in good health, the ship met safety requirements before launch, and communications with the control towers were maintained from launch to the sudden fall. . (Source: Latin Press)