All 132 victims of the China Eastern Airlines plane crash
have been identified through DNA testing, an official
told a press briefing on Monday.
After the accident, public security authorities across
20 provincial-level regions were organized to identify
the victims by collecting DNA samples of those on
board and their relatives, said Liu Kaihui, an official
with the Ministry of Public Security.
A total of 20 DNA experts have conducted DNA
testing and analysis of the samples, and the identity
of the final victims was confirmed Monday morning,
Liu said.
The Boeing 737 aircraft, which departed from Kunming
in Yunnan Province for Guangzhou in Gunagdong
Province, crashed in Tengxian County of Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region on March 21.
Xi Jinping and other leaders held a moment of
silence for air crash victims at the start of a meeting
of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee on Monday afternoon.