Engine Recovered From Plane In Deadly Collision

February 3, 2025 5:41 pm

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Salvage crews have recovered an engine and large pieces of fuselage and are working to retrieve a wing from wreckage of last week’s midair collision near Washington’s Reagan National Airport. Officials say they have also recovered more human remains from the Potomac River, but did not give specifics. Instead, they are reiterating that 55 of the 67 victims have been identified. Authorities say the operation to remove the plane will take several days and they will then work to remove the military helicopter involved. The crash between the American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C. on Wednesday is the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001.  (Photo:  AP)