hope for Beagle 2 ?

Since Christmas Day, British mission controllers have listened in vain for
a signal from their Beagle 2 Mars
lander.

A number of questions follows from this....

On 4 January, the Mars Express craft, operated by the European Space Agency
(ESA), will begin sweeping the surface of Mars for radio signals from
Beagle 2.

According to one source ( http://www.nature.com/nsu/031229/031229-4.html )
Beagle was supposed to be ejected from Mars Express on dec 24/25 midnight. I
assume we have confirmation that this was successful?
After the eject it was supposed to make entry and descent, deploy pilot
parachute and finally bounce on inflated gas bags on the Mars surface.

Is it correct to assume, that if this was successful then it should be
possible to photograph Beagle down on the Martian surface - after all, its
location must be semi-known? I.e. you might not be able to contact it, but
we should at least be able to know what happened?

If the descent itself failed, then at least I begin to wonder why? Is it to
be "expected" that the descent for such an unmanned craft is a fifty-fifty
chance?

Despite Beagle 2's high media profile - a product of Pillinger's gift for
publicity - Mars Express is the main part of ESA's mission.

And Mars Express is up and running! Somehow the media doesn't seem to get
this positive side of the story.

-Simon