All 132 people on board the China Eastern airlines flight have been confirmed dead.
The plane crashed into a mountainside in southern China last week. The deaths were confirmed by the country’s civil aviation authority.
An Agence France-Presse report said that dozens of relatives have been waiting for news while rescue teams searched heavily forested areas for plane debris.
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The plane crashed Monday near the city of Wuzhou, Guangxi province.
Besides 123 passengers, nine crew members of flight MU5735 of China Eastern airlines were confirmed dead, said deputy director-general of the Civil Aviation Administration of China. The identity of 120 victims was ascertained through a DNA identification.
