I would say there were quite a few people on the flight who were thinking its a bit early to to be descending. Its pretty easy to tell if your going up or down and how long the flight it, especially in decent mode.
Its very sad, my thought are with all the family's
Certainly makes you think, I will be racking up the air miles this year one of my flight choices for Oz is Air Malaysia .. . so who would book a flight with them? any takers?