Victims of China plane crash mourned

NANNING, March 27 (Xinhua) — A memorial occasion was held Sunday on the crash web site of the China Jap Airways airplane to mourn the deaths of the 132 individuals concerned within the accident.

At about 2 p.m., because the sound of horns blared all through a mountainous space in Tengxian County, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Area, all employees members of the nationwide emergency response headquarters for the accident and rescuers on the web site stood solemnly in silence for 3 minutes in a tribute to the victims.

Assisted by native governments and work teams, the households of the victims additionally held mourning actions for his or her family members.

The Boeing 737 plane, which departed from Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, and was sure for Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, crashed in Tengxian County on March 21.

All 132 individuals on board the airplane are useless, in line with the headquarters.

“It’s with nice disappointment that we right here announce that the 123 passengers and 9 crew members on board China Jap Airways Flight MU5735 on March 21 have all died,” Hu Zhenjiang, deputy commander of the headquarters and deputy head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, stated Saturday.

“We’re deeply saddened by the accident. We mourn the lack of 132 lives and categorical our deep sympathy to the bereaved households,” Hu stated.

“Our hearts are heavy. We have now been looking out the place the place the airplane crashed and the encircling hilly areas for days, hoping for a miracle,” Li Shaolin, head of a firefighting staff of Guilin Metropolis in Guangxi.

A number of thousand individuals have joined the search-and-rescue efforts. Drones and different tools have been additionally used within the operation.

As of Sunday midday, 357 kin of the victims had obtained psychological counseling. The psychological help staff, consisting of 99 psychological professionals, has additionally offered counseling to lots of of rescue employees.

China Jap Airways has began the work of settling claims, stated Liu Xiaodong, head of the airline’s publicity division, at a press convention on Sunday.