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To take days. the identification process, days if not weeks it's 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. they'll be arriving in marseilles and bussed here. they've set up special centers, staffed with psychologists and caretakers. the idea is so they can be as close to the crash site, as close to their loved ones as possi...

Helicopters can't 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: it's a slow and pain staking process where the crash happened. it's in an extremely remote area, accessible only by air. they're 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 to assess how the plane made its impact where the important parts of the plane are. so far, they'...

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 have daylight now. the weather conditions have held together long enough for crash and criminal investi...

Reachable really only by air. the terrain there described as incredibly difficult, even icy conditions that they're 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 have yet to remove even one so far so that they can be returned to their loved ones. they're also wor...

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, you'll find the bodies more decomposed. after the next few days r you'll 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 "uss sampson" where those on board are working around the clock to find anything connected to the mis...