the wings are intact. the tail and the engines came off and that's to be expected. you will have a post crash fire. that's quite common. this is a survivable accident and that could very well be because the pilot was working very hard to get it done. >> it sounds like you're looking at the same images that we're looking at here. as we look at this fuselage that is, you know, obviously pretty bad shape here. burned out. up until about 15 minutes ago, firefighters were dousing with it the white flame retardant. the extent of the fire. what does that tell but the plane? >> well, quite frankly, this is a common fire pattern for a low impact type of accident. you will get a fuel leak. the fire will go up the side of the airplane and burn down the top where the aluminum tends to be the thinnest. not necessarily a catastrophic fire. >> we're also getting our first accounts of witnesses who were in the area. a reporter there says an unnamed