It is speculation, but unfortunately it's also the most likely scenario. - Crew berths were at the primary impact point, so are almost certainly sealed at

It is speculation, but unfortunately it's also the most likely scenario. - Crew berths were at the primary impact point, so are almost certainly sealed at the bulkheads by damage control. - Incident occurred at 5am local, when you'd expect berths to be popular. - Sunrise is 7am local, so it was dark - so you wouldn't expect to have any unnecessary crew topsides (precisely because finding MOBs in the dark is near impossible) - and you'd hope any that are, have protective or flotation equipment. - You'd also expect that 10 people running around on deck would have had a much better chance of spotting another ship. - The proof is in the pudding - for not one of them to have been spotted in one of the world's busiest corridors, doesn't bode well.