Fri, May 06, 2011
Families Of Those Lost "Very Divided" Over Recovering
Remains
Salvage teams working on the wreckage of Air France Flight 447,
which went down nearly two years ago on a flight from Rio de
Janeiro to Paris, have recovered a body still strapped into its
seat and raised it to the surface. The move has caused some
controversy among the families of those lost in the accident.
ROV View Of Debris Site
Investigators say that the water temperature and lack of oxygen
and light at nearly 13,000 feet underwater have preserved the
bodies, though they are reportedly in "fairly poor
condition." Bloomberg News reports that the investigators took a
DNA sample from the body that was recovered in an effort to
determine the passenger's identity. But the BEA says the
examination of the bodies could provide clues as to the attitude of
the airplane as it impacted the surface. A Scottish forensic
pathologist told Bloomberg that one body was not going to yield
very much information. He said it requires examining several bodies
to determine a pattern of injuries to be effective.
A French police statement said that "very strong uncertainties
remain" about the feasibility of recovering additional bodies from
the ocean floor. The remains of 51 of those on board, including the
pilot, were found in the ocean in the weeks following the accident.
The families of those whose bodies may still be in or near the
wreckage are deeply divided as to whether to recover the remains,
or leave them on the ocean floor.
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