The initial article in Hurriyet and the subsequent report in Flightglobal, a product of "churnalism," were incorrect. None of the investigators nor rescue team co-ordinators of this event believe that any of those in the cockpit were alive following the impact. A very tough decision was taken very early on in the rescue to spend resource to save those who could be saved and to a degree, ignore those who had already perished.
This will also be one of the first accidents where the performance of the rescue teams will have been filmed from the outset. A bright minded individual working for the roads department who was passing by at the time requested that the camera operators to turn their traffic cameras towards the scene. This occurred with minutes of the crash and they remained pointed in this direction for the next few hours. Data and footage obtained from these recordings can now be used to improve the response by emergency services worldwide.
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