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BEIJING, April 1 (TMTPOST) — The search mission on China Eastern Airlines’ crashed plane in Wuzhou, Guangxi Province, is near complete, the Emergency Management Command Center said on Thursday at a press release on the March 21 China Eastern Airlines MU5735 aircraft incident.
China Easter Airlines’ MU7535 aircraft, a Boeing 737, went down in South China’s Guangxi Province on March 21. The plane was carrying 132 people, all of whom have been declared dead. The Emergency Management Command Center has arranged counseling sessions for the families.
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As of March 30, around 50,000 people have been mobilized to support the search and rescue mission. 216 fire trucks, 16 drones, 30 construction machines, 9 geological testing equipment and around 100 survey equipment have been deployed during the search and rescue mission. The mission has covered an area of nearly 10 million square meters and uncovered around 49,000 pieces of debris from the crash. Most of the debris have been transferred to warehouses to be sorted out.
Two of the plane’s black boxes, which record the operation data of the aircraft, have been discovered and sent to Beijing for deciphering.
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) safety head Zhu Tao said that the initial analysis of the crash has already started. The investigation team has located and collected data on the debris, crash site and the surrounding environment to study the movement of the crashed plane so as to find out what happened to the aircraft. An initial incident report will be completed within 30 days since the incident took place in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Covenant and China’s relevant civil aviation rules, Zhu said. A full report will be released to the public after the investigation is completed.
