to taking them ashore. it is why yesterday you saw the officials there asking family members for photographs. close up photographs of the faces of their loved ones. any dna samples or information they could provide. as the hours passed it became clear that the chances of finding survivors was more and more unlikely. certainly if the plane fell from such a high altitude to the water, it was almost impossible anybody could survive that. the identification process has begun. it doesn't make what is coming any easier. we are getting reaction from malaysia airlines. as you know malaysia airlines because of their two disasters, mh-370 and mh-17. they now have 537, passengers or crew 537 people either missing or confirmed dead.