For a forum that offers items that "may be of interest to interest to professional pilots" those on this thread certainly have a lot of interest in less pertinent details like the state of bodies, wreckage and parsing failure modes with incomplete information. I'd expect more interest in some of the lessons learned that effect us all, such as:
- Use of radar for storm detection, especially above the radar top where ice crystals are less visible (touched on early in thread);
- SOPs and issues when dealing with inconsistent flight data readings (covered by some more astute participants in this thread);
- Potential and current technologies (and issues) associated with data and position reporting.
But hey, there's always hope, and some have posted great info on No. 2.
(and yes, I've read all the posts, but think it's time to stop on this one)