Many times mishaps like this, “pieces” are found after funerals. Always a tough deal to discuss with the families and requires a personal family and mishap site investigator plan.
Most never think about that fortunately. But the balance of forensics, reconstructing the mishap chain and the families’ wishes and beliefs is tough.
One of the first things I thought about here and the wives, mothers, fathers, husbands, etc. It’s all tough for them. Sometimes you see funerals delayed and frequently this is why.
For example “recovered” does not equal “released.” If no person was sitting in a crew seat (access to controls) and once all passenger positions are determined, I would think “releases” for passengers should be fairly quick.
https://www.latimes.com/california/s...icopter-safety