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DC plane crash live updates: Investigators comb through wreckage for clues
All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed in the crash.
Hundreds of families are in mourning after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29, with both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C.
No one survived.
Sixty-four people were on board the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three soldiers were on the helicopter.
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Crane removes plane part from Potomac
Photographers were on scene Monday morning as a crane removed a piece of the plane from the Potomac River.
Transportation secretary to visit Reagan as crews retrieve wreckage
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said he’s traveling to Philadelphia on Monday to meet with officials investigating Friday night’s small medical transport jet crash that killed seven people.
Then, Duffy will return to Washington, D.C., to be on site by Reagan airport as crews pull wreckage from the American Airlines crash from the Potomac River.
What we know about the victims
Young figure skaters and an engaged American Airlines pilot are among the 67 people killed in the Wednesday night crash.
Here’s what we know about the victims.
Major salvage operation begins today
Lifting operations are expected to begin today to remove wreckage from the American Airlines plane out of the Potomac River. The process will take three days, according to the U.S. Army Corps.
After the jet is recovered, crews will shift to recover the Black Hawk helicopter and associated wreckage, officials said Sunday.
Investigators expect to find more remains after they recover the fuselage.
Fifty-five victims have been positively identified so far.
D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said he believes everyone will be recovered.