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Scene today. officials say it could be week before all remain are recovered, identified, and released to family. cnn has this report from near the crash site. >> reporter: swinging on a wire, they recover the remains. hundreds of feet below, emergency crews cling to the mountainside, just so they don't fall. investigators say the speed of the crash pulverized plane and passengers. the recovery operation, they say, is bit by bit, bag by bag. you can just pick out the small red flags rescuers dig to the earth when they discover new fragments. and that looks like a scorch mark. the french prosecu...

Fall. investigators say the speed of the crash pulverized plane and passengers. the recovery operation, they say is bit by bit, bag by bag. you can just pick out the small red flags rescuers dig into the earth when they discover new fragments. that looks like a scorch mark. the french prosecutor said the plane hit the mountain, bounced off and then desint grated. it's a tough hike through rugged mountains and steep valleys. it's still a little while before dawn. in other words to understand why investigators describe this as their biggest challenge. we try to get closer to the crash zone. the...

To bring those back for analysis to shed more light on this crash. but very difficult work they're doing. and that is why yesterday we decided to hike up into the mountains. it was tough going. but we thought it would help us better understand why this recovery operation could take many more days and possibly several more weeks. this is what we found. swinging on a wire they recover the remains. hundreds of feet below, emergency crews cling to the mountainside just so they don't fall. investigators say the speed of the crash pulverized plane and passengers. the recovery operation, they say, is...

Today. >> reporter: swinging on the wire, they recover the remains. hundreds of feet below, emergency crews cling to the mountainside, just so they don't fall. just so they don't fall. investigators say the speed of the crash pulverized plane and passengers. the recovery operation they say is bit by bit, bag by bag. you can just pick out the small red flags, rescuers dig into the earth when they discover new fragments. and that looks like a scorch mark. the french prosecutors said the plane hit the mountain, bounced off and then disintegrated. it's a tough hike through steep valleys. a while b...

The briefings do seem to be happening. so there's a lot behind the scenes that we don't get the details on anderson. >> nic robertson reporting from staging ground. nic, thanks. more now on how challenging it is to be in those mountains in these hard conditions. karl penhaul found out firsthand today. >> reporter: swinging on the wire they recover the remains. hundreds of feet below, emergency crews clean to the mountainside. just so they don't fall. investigators say the speed of the crash pulverized plane and passengers. the recovery operation they say is bit by bit, bag by bag. you can just...