maths
sorry not meaning to contradict the moderator, but perhaps its useful to summarise the two facts that seem to stand out, mainly because enough time has passed now:
SAS spokesperson (who we all seem to agree is very reliable) said 172 souls on board
consistent local reports saying only 28 evacuated (its the same number in all Spanish media at the moment, as is based on confirmed hospital reports), again should be reliable at this stage, one of whom died
therefore do the maths: = 145 dead
the rest of speculation is due to crappy reporting, as well as the standard practise of announcing the number of dead according to actual bodies recovered
again as a SLF I am interested to know which section the survivors came from (one post about it being safer at the back sound like nonsense to me given thats where the engines are !)