Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
jim:
Not so sure about that. Depends upon how the plane hit the water. How many were in seat belts, at that point? Unknown. Was it a spiral down/smash or some form of ditching? Unknown.
On the less dire side, water that deep is pretty cold. Tissue breakdown would be slowed. On the not to nice side, human bodies aren't very well built for the pressure at that depth.
A grim business, no matter what.
One reason to consider recovery of any bodies is the possibility of personal recordings on smart phones and tablets. These could greatly increase the amount of data for any inquiry. IFF the fuselage is in one piece it may be possible to raise it. The Asiana 'heavy landing'showed how solid the 777 fuselage is.