I find it "amazing" how this discussion has gone !
We "potentially" have an accident with a "possible primary" factor of "weather".
And here, people are discussing "how do we track a downed aircraft" and "how do we get realtime cockpit recordings".
Have you guys missed the point here ????
Just in case you've "missed it".... aircraft are suppose to fly. That's what they do best. And that's what people in this profession aim to do.
Personally (in private aviation at least) we don't mind p*ssing off a passenger in order that we ALL stay safe. That may mean we don't go. We deviate or we use an alternate.
In this case (as far as we know) we have a situation that developed. Why was it allowed to develop....and result in this accident ?