"The whole thing is going to be a right mess"
I cannot help but think that the families of all concerned might well find the use of the future tense in this phrase, however understandable it might be, very unfortunate indeed.
But the inter-national, inter-company inter-regulatory buck passing (which is already impressive) will doubtless get still more furious as the time comes for the people responsible for this virtual airline which nonetheless managed to kill real people to stand up and be counted