This matter should be toatlly investigated and if the officer is found guilty then he should be given punishment (shuld not be just transfer) should be thrown out of service and suitably fined. There are cases of emergencies like this hence the officer on duty should be considarative. In case of Sunami vicims in thiland resorts where lot of foreigners dies and lost the things , the concerned government has send there people to help them they came back even without passports. Air France should also punished as they shown negligence in there work.