China has sent three mainland aviation experts to Taiwan to help in the ongoing investigation of the TransAsia plane crash.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said the three-person team from the mainland will be led by Xie Zinana, the director of accident investigation center of the China Academy of Civil Aviation Science and Technology.

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The three will stay in Taiwan for about one week, the CAAC said.

China seeks to be a part of the team of experts investigating the TransAsia plane crash because 31 of those the 53 passengers of the ill-fated plane were from the mainland.

The plane was on its way to Kinmen from Taipei when it crashed into a Taipei river on February 4. At least 40 people have already been confirmed dead.

Meanwhile, the remains of the three Chinese mainland victims were brough to Xiamen on Monday morning, the first of the deceased to be repatriated from Taiwan.

Man Hongwe, head of the Taipei Office for the Association for Tourism Exchange Across the Taiwan Straits, said the remains of the three mainlanders departed for Xiamen in Fujian Province from Taiwan's Taoyuan Airport.

Twenty-six other mainland passengers onboard the plane died and their relatives have yet to decide on whether the remains will be cremated in Taiwan or brought to the mainland.

Rescue workers continued their search along the Keelung River for the last three missing passengers on Sunday. A memorial ceremony will be held on Feb. 10 in Taipei.

The TransAsia Airlines flight that crashed in Taipei lost power in both engines before it went down, but one had its power cut rather than suffering any mechanical failure, the official Xinhua News reported.

The Aviation Safety Council said the plane ran into trouble 37 seconds after taking off from Taipei's Songshan Airport.

Engine No. 2 (right) sent a "master warning" signal to the pilots, according to initial analysis of the flight data recorders. Data suggests that the crew tried to cut the fuel supply to the engine on the left.

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