Today's announcement is simply the inevitable switch from "Search and Rescue" to a "Recovery" effort. It's been 2 weeks, someone had to make the call that the possibility of finding people alive has diminished to the point beyond hope.
As a "Recovery" effort, the pace will continue, but they will no longer risk lives to find the wreckage.
As a "Recovery" effort, the pace will continue, but they will no longer risk lives to find the wreckage.