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Grief-stricken families of Chinese passengers who died in Monday's plane crash in the Republic of Korea will Saturday begin the harrowing task of identifying the bodies of their loved ones. A total of 83 relatives arrived in Pusan at 6pm Friday on a special service by Air China, whose aircraft was at the centre of the tragedy. Investigators said 122 people were killed when the Boeing 767-200 slammed into a mountainside when attempting to land at Kimhae International Airport. Two people are officially listed as missing but are believed to have died. The Chinese death toll included 19 passengers, eight stewards and three pilots who were flying from Beijing when the accident occurred. Families of the 11 survivors will get to see them in hospital Saturday while relatives of the deceased face the grim task of identifying their loved ones. Air China, which is supporting the relatives during their stay in ROK, sent 32 employees to accompany them. Air China Pusan Office and the Chinese Consulate-General had arranged the hotels in Pusan in advance, and a condolence room was established for relatives to visit and express their sorrow. A statement from Air China said more relatives of victims are expected to travel to Pusan once their passports and visas are prepared. Rescue work at the crash scene in Kimhae was continuing Friday, but the focus had been transferred to finding victims' belongings, said Xu Zeyou, an official with the Chinese Embassy in ROK. DNA tests had been introduced to distinguish the identities of the victims, he said. Those relatives who arrived in Pusan Friday evening are expected to help identify belongings Saturday. The 11 Chinese survivors are in a stable condition in local hospitals and dozens of Chinese students studying in Pusan have been drafted in as volunteers to aid communication with Korean doctors, Xu said. Bao Peide, vice-minister of General Administration of Civil Aviation of China, visited relatives of the victims in Kimhae Friday and expressed condolences on behalf of the Chinese Government. His administration will supervise the investigation by Air China to ensure that all the issues and questions arising from the crash are dealt with properly. Bao publicly denied a media report that the 32-year-old captain of the plane was too young to pilot it. "He is a certificated pilot with sophisticated skills. Age is not the issue,'' Bao was quoted by local media as saying. Experts from China, ROK and the United States were continuing to analyze the "black box" flight data recorder Friday. Local media said the primary results could be known as early as Saturday, but a detailed result would not be available until a week later. In another development, a source with Air China confirmed reports that a Chinese maintenance employee was killed at Kansai airport in western Japan Friday when he was sucked into an engine of a taxiing Air China flight. But the source said the man was not an Air China employee, but works for the Beijing-based Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation (AMECO), a joint venture between Air China and Lufthansa. A source with AMECO said the company had sent people to Japan to investigate the case. Japanese police said 39-year-old Zhang Xinmin could have committed suicide or may have been running towards the engine for reasons unknown when he was sucked into it.