DNA matching completed for MU5735 victims

DNA matching for all 132 victims onboard China Eastern Airlines Flight MU5735 was completed as of Monday morning, an official said on Monday.

Authorities are making a plan on how victims' remains and recovered belongings should be transferred, Zhu Tao, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of China's aviation safety office, said at a news conference.

After the crash occurred in the afternoon of March 21, the Ministry of Public Security quickly formed a work plan to identify victims and established a special platform for DNA comparison according to Liu Kaihui, an official with the Institute of Forensic Science of China affiliated with the Ministry of Public Security.

Public security departments in more than 20 provincial-level regions were involved in collecting DNA samples of victims and their family members, he said at the conference.

"Our institute also dispatched a team of 30 experts to the site of the crash in Wuzhou, carrying out on-site investigations with more than 200 forensic science workers in Guangxi," he said, adding the identities of all 132 victims were confirmed.

Wuzhou mayor Zhong Changzi said the city's funeral home is responsible for receiving and keeping the victims' remains.