Lonewolf
4. Related to 3, political/cultural issues in re body recovery? How serious, how expensive? But, as some have discussed earlier from the pathology point of view, would not examining some of the dead provide a clue regarding how all of the people on board died?
This must be a huge dilemma for the organisers of the recovery operation. They surely would want to examine some of the bodies but how could they retrieve some but not all ? The Chinese hold the remains on the dead with great reverence although surprisingly cremation is now widely accepted (I suppose it is a case of needs must) but always the remains are interred in a family plot and this is visited each year for 'grave sweeping'. I think they are going to have to recover the whole plane if this is in any way possible.