to make it very difficult to identify the victims. >> david soucie, it looks like from these images it suggests that the plane broke apart upon crashing into that mountain as opposed to breaking apart in the air right? >> it did. there appears to be be one and possibly two scatter points at which it hit the ground at one point and then another just ahead of that. but my primary concern at this point in this accident investigation would be be the safety of the inspectors and the on-site investigators. the last thing you want to do is add to the victim list by having somebody get hurt out there. that's what they're watching for first. i've had to spend the night in the mountains before on an accident when i wasn't able to be extracted. i caution them and please be careful. >> miles, as you know there was not a distress call from the cockpit. was it possible that the pilot and co-pilot didn't know they were desaending until it was too late? >> i suppose that's possible