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Yakao Lopangkao, director-general of Lao's Department of Civil Aviation, who was at the crash site in Pakse, in southern Laos. "We haven't found the plane yet. It is underwater. We're trying to use divers to locate it."
• He ruled out finding survivors. "There is no hope. The plane appears to have crashed very hard before entering the water."
• Some bodies were found as far as 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the crash site, he said.
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