CRI听力:Investigations Ongoing after TransAsia Crash

Rescue workers continue to search for the bodies of three missing passengers in a river in Taiwan where the TransAsia plane crashed last week.

Lin Mu-hua is a volunteer diver from Chinese-Taipei Diver Development Association

"With today's search and rescue operation, the important thing is we have low-tide and the water level is very shallow. It's good for the search and we are still focusing on the area nearby. I think the reason that we haven't found the bodies is perhaps because they are trapped in seats under the mud."

A special prayer ceremony was organized on Tuesday, marking one week since the crash. In Chinese culture it is believed that the souls of the deceased start their journey to the underworld on this day.

At least 40 people died after the plane crashed into the muddy Keelung River minutes after takeoff from Taipei's airport last week.

Fifteen of the 58 people aboard the plane were rescued.