grandfather Christian , niece of 59-year-old Belgian father and Sandrine Driessens , said the thought is 'very hard ' 'For eight long minutes , he was dying . This is atrocious , ' she said . But a British aviation expert said it is unlikely passengers knew they were going to die . Instead , he said , the plane would have been filled with 'eerie silence '
Sandrine Driessens , niece of 59-year-old Belgian father and grandfather Christian , said the thought is 'very hard ' 'For eight long minutes , he was dying . This is atrocious , ' she said . But a British aviation expert said it is unlikely passengers knew they were going to die . Instead , he said , the plane would have been filled with 'eerie silence '