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Recovery works resume at a deadly aircraft and Chopper’s collision near Washington

Recovery works resume at a deadly aircraft and Chopper’s collision near Washington

Arlington, Virginia – crews worked on Tuesday to try to recover the cockpit of the aircraft and the rest of the remains of 67 people who died in a collision in the air between the passenger jet and the military helicopter near the capital of the country last week.

They say that their work may depend on the wind and lips of the tides in the Potomac River, where the plane crashed last Wednesday evening after the collision, when the Arman Airlines flight was to land at the nearby Ronald Reagan national airport. All 67 people were killed on both planes.

From average on Tuesday, they worked on raising another large piece of aircraft. It is expected that the National Transport Security Council will update in later on Tuesday.

The authorities recovered and identified the remains of 55 out of 67 people and said that they were convinced that they would find all the victims. They focus first on the jet.

Colonel Francis B. Pera from the Army of the Corps of Engineers said on Monday the Salvage crew, which were able to pull out one of the two jet engines from the river, along with large pieces of the outside of the aircraft. They also worked on recovering the aircraft wing, which flew from Wichita in Kansas.

Sixty passengers and four crews were on the flight of American Airlines, including skaters figurines returning from the US championships in the USA in Wichita.

The Black Hawk helicopter was on the training mission. Army staff SGT. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, from Lilburn, Georgia; Director of order 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, with Great Mills, Maryland; and Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach from Durham, North Karolina, were on board.

Federal investigators are trying to combine events that led to a collision. Full investigations usually last a year or more, but investigators hope for a preliminary report within 30 days.