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>> reporter: a very difficult and painful task under way on the mountains, 21 miles east of kathmandu at 11,200 feet crews are working to recover the eight bodies that have now been identified at the crash site of the u.s. marine helicopter and also working to pick up and recover the debris so they can continue to investigate what caused this chopper to go down with six u.s. marines and two nepalese soldiers on board. yesterday weather forced searchers to call off their efforts early due to safety concerns. the weather at the altitude unpredictable and dangerous not only for people but aircraf...

Tell us what you learned. >> reporter: just now the u.s. military is confirming with the nepalese army has said for the last few hours. this is the wreckage of the u.s. helicopter that has been missing since tuesday. this helicopter was in the middle of a relief mission 80 miles where i'm standing now. they dropped off a load of supplies and headed to pick up patients that needed to be taken here to this command post where i am. they would then get first aid and go to the hospital. they never made it to the second location. we know the helicopter went down 21 miles east of here in a very remot...

Several days hoped the helicopter had perhaps made a hard landing and the crew survived and they were just waiting to be rescued in an area where they could not get communications out. the helicopter hit the side of the mountain at 11,200 feet elevation. there is wreckage and at least three bodies. we are waiting to learn what happened to the other five. six u.s. marines and two nepalese. >> they moved you from the landing zone. we were talking to you a half hour ago and they were bringing rescued victims of the earthquake off the helicopters. they are trying to do two things. trying to find t...

Day. keep in mind you're at a very high altitude. 11,200 feet. subzero temperatures. very unpredictable weather conditions. it's dangerous for men on the ground and also for those crews in the air. this is one of the most dangerous places in the world to fly and the general there saying he wants to make sure that there are no other lives lost as they try to investigate this crash and bring back those crew members and also try to figure out exactly what happened carol. >> all right. will ripley reporting live from kathmandu this morning. in philadelphia new details are emerging and they just ...

Your new day. it's friday april 15th 8:00 in the east. the u.s. military helicopter that was delivering aid to earthquake victims has been found. >> and we have the breaking details from katmandu. >> reporter: we are learning at the the weather at the crash site is becoming more treacherous and is making it difficult for helicopters to get in there to bring back the remains of the three people discovered near the wreckage 20 miles east of the katmandu command center. this is where crews have moved out to the scene, and it's 11,200 feet up and it's a steep mountainside where the helicopter went...