I read that an impact like that explodes the human body and nothing is left. How could they confirm the dead?
The article answered that question they recover all the little bits of remains then DNA test them most will be mixtures of dozens of DNA samples. There is specific forensic technology used to separate the individual DNA profiles. They would then ask for samples from.family members and compare the profiles every match is a confirmed deceased. This is exactly what they did for all 123 people China can easily force DNA samples retrieval from family members. This is also the way that World trade Center deaths were confirmed in the rubble by DNA admixture testing.
Back when the Lockheed Electra wings were coming off in flight, one of the crash reports said that the airplane was below the bottom of a 30 foot deep crater. The entire fuselage was compacted into a length of only 30 feet.
Original length was 104.5 feet.
They are lying. They lie to make it look like China is uber competent, but this lie is so extreme, it just makes them look like they are lying.
They find bits and pieces. Sometimes there’s, say a wallet soaked in clear fluid. They bag the wallet and test the fluid, which is likely from the owner’s body.
1- no survivors at crash site
2- number of fatalities are counted by
a- boarding passes scanned
b- quite frankly...there’s a reason it’s called a “head count”
Pardon the TMI
...that is all
It takes an advanced degree in physics to know that a plane smashing into the ground at a 90 degree angle from 29,000 feet would kill every passenger.