Hyperveloce:
quote/hence it would be difficult to understand how the BEA could suggest that the structural intergrity of the plane was not compromised at all. In my understanding, the BEA position is only that the plane had not suffered a mid-air break up or a major control surface failure (that would have rendered it uncontrollable) like a VS loss. There had been some speculation about a catastrophic structural failure in altitude./endquote
Isn't the theory of the airframe not breaking up at altitude suggested by the absence of flail-type injuries on the recovered bodies?