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But this is certainly uneasy terrain there. talk to us about the challenges for these crews to recover the bodies. >> reporter: it's slow and pain staking process. the crash site is in a remote area. the workers have to be winched down onto the site. they're tethered together by rope, and that is how they're going about the grim task of recovering the human remains. the remains are being airlifted out. the bodies will not be returned to the families until all dna work has been done, and that process could take weeks. so it's going to be a very long and agonizing wait for these families. george...