Rescuers conduct search and rescue work at the core site of the plane crash in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 25, 2022.Photo:Xinhua

No survivors have been found, and the aircraft's second black box has yet to be recovered six days after the fatal incident, according to press conference held on Saturday afternoon near the crash site in Wuzhou, South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

According to one official, an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) was retrieved, according to Zhu Tao, director of aviation safety office of the Civil Aviation Administration of China.

The installation of ELT is close to that of the second black box, the flight data recorder, Zhu added. 

Identities of 120 crash victims including 114 passengers and six crew members have been confirmed as of Saturday. The remains and belongings of the victims have been properly stored. 

Search and rescue efforts remain underway despite officials stating that search and rescue work is facing great difficulties, brought by the huge impact on the search near the core area and continuous rainfall, potentially posing a landslide risk in the area surrounding the crash site. 

No organic explosive ingredients have been detected at the crash site.

Rescuers conduct search and rescue work at the core site of the plane crash in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 25, 2022.Photo:Xinhua

The China Eastern Boeing 737-800 crashed on Monday afternoon, with 132 persons aboard. 

The first black box, the cockpit voice recorder was recovered  from the crash site on Wednesday night. It was immediately delivered to a decoding lab in Beijing, with data analysis  already underway. 

Chinese officials said that the possibility of damage to the storage unit of the first black box could not be ruled out.

Global Times