What is the significance of the CVR and FDR being recovered in parts, rather than whole?
Is this an artifact of extracting it from a deformed structure?
Is it a byproduct of the difficulty of retrieving things in 10K feet of water?
Does it suggest a design limit being overcome?
Does it point to a very high speed impact?
These are fairly rugged pieces of equipment meant to withstand a crash intact. As a point of comparison, the AF 447 CVR
was more or less intact, albeit somewhat bent, when recovered.