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Strike definitively. the conclusion of the identification process just happened this week. obviously, as josh earnest pointed out, this is a remote place without a lot of access for us. and i was told that the concern at the white house is about that this is a colossal tragedy. what we heard from josh earnest today i think goes beyond that brianna. what he said is that this does raise questions about whether changes need to be made to these protocols. i was told that this was "done by the book."...

Family members telling you about how they want their loved ones honored and remembered? >> reporter: well there is talk of course of putting a memorial stone closer to the crash site. now that rescue teams managed to drive a dirt path right up to the ravine where the plane crashed perhaps were going to see that in the next few weeks as the ban on access to that site is lifted. the other thing, of course, in the short-term that the families will get maybe a little comfort from in the course of th...

>> as we talked about all week the crash site is about five miles from where i am at the recovery staging area. all yesterday and again today, the sun just came up and recovery efforts are just beginning this morning. debris is coming back. forensic teams that are on site -- i dont know if you can see, there are big blue vans behind me. as the debris comes off, they are sifting through it. the other thing is that family members are here. the identification process has started. investigators are ...

As to how the plane was being flown in the moments before the crash. they are looking for human remains. remains being air lifted out of the crash site for the all important identification process. the dna analysis expected to take weeks. investigators saying they will not return the bodies to the families until the dna analysis is complete. a long wait for the families. meanwhile, we are hearing from the prosecutor in marseille. he is responsible for the investigation into the actions of 27-yea...

Done. that plane was obliterated when it crashed into the mountain side. the wreckage strewn over a wide area over difficult and icy terrain. and the priorities for the workers are to find the flight data recorder which is still missing which could give them more clues as to how the flight was flown in the last final moments. they are also looking for the bodies. human remains air lifted from the site to be taken for the identification process. that process expected to take weeks. the dna alone,...

To take days. the identification process, days if not weeks its seen as critical to the family and friends. the identification of the bodies as well as the repatriation of the victims. the family and friends, of course, as you mentioned will be arriving today. lufthanza, the parent company of germanwings, has organized special flights from barcelona and dusseldorf this morning. theyll be arriving in marseilles and bussed here. theyve set up special centers, staffed with psychologists and caretak...

Helicopters cant even land. once they get down there, they begin the gathering of the debris and the bodies. this is a slow and methodical process. >> reporter: its a slow and pain staking process where the crash happened. its in an extremely remote area, accessible only by air. theyre having to drop emergency workers onto the crash site. the terrain is so steep, that the workers are tethered together as they try and map the area, which is what we understand they have been trying to do, trying t...

Identification process continues. yesterday the first human remains were health cared out of the site. that process expected to take days if not weeks, that identification process. meanwhile, the recovery operation here expected to get underway in the coming hours. we expect to see more human beings fly out of the area to the crash site in a remote location. they are winching the workers to the site to continue to try and solve the mystery and figure out what happened. >> at the least you do hav...

Reachable really only by air. the terrain there described as incredibly difficult, even icy conditions that theyre having to deal with and local officials say that the plane was completely obliterated on impact. the wreckage strewn over a wide area including human remains. those remains really a priority for officials, a priority for the people here in france to begin that very important identification process of the 150 feel that were on board that plane to begin to remove those bodies. they ha...

Bodies. two more were found in the java sea, bringing the total to 39. the remains were airlifted and will be taken to surabaya where the difficult identification process will begin. >> lately, youll find the bodies more decomposed. after the next few days r youll find maybe not an intact body. >> reporter: indonesia, which is leading the international search effort is getting help from countries including malaysia, singapore and the united states. cnn was granted exclusive access aboard the "us...