Two more bodies found during search for plane, crew in northern Vietnam

  Two more bodies were found Friday morning at the searching site for the missing CASA aircraft of Vietnam with nine people on board in waters off Vietnam's northern Hai Phong City.

According to Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA, at 6:45 a.m. and 8:45 a.m. local time on Friday, the country's Ministry of Defense (MOD)'s searching forces found two more bodies at searching site.

The bodies were discovered in the depth of 50-60 meters under the waters around Hai Phong's Bach Long Vi island.

It is possible that these bodies are among crew members of the missing CASA aircraft, reported VNA.

The searching forces also found propeller and fuselage with code number of the missing CASA airplane.

So far, four bodies have been found at the searching site. Earlier on Thursday afternoon, one of the bodies found at the site was confirmed to be a crew member of the CASA aircraft, according to MOD.

Further forensic checks are being conducted to confirm whether the others are crew members of the CASA aircraft.

Earlier on Thursday morning, search and rescue team has detected exact location of one engine of the aircraft in the depth of some 60 meters in waters off Hai Phong City.

Last Thursday, a CASA aircraft of Vietnam with nine people on board lost contact while carrying out searching mission for a SU-30 jet and one missing pilot. Debris of the CASA aircraft has been recovered in the next day.

Earlier last Tuesday, a Russian-made SU-30 fighter jet of Vietnam air forces with two pilots aboard disappeared from radar screen while carrying out a training mission offshore Vietnam's central Nghe An province, some 260 km south of capital Hanoi.

China has sent several warships, coastguard vessels and rescue ships to help Vietnam search for the missing aircraft and crew between Vietnam's northern coastline and China's Hainan Island, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.

source :  xinhua