Washington DC officials have identified the 55 bodies pulled from the Potomac River during a fierce recovery operation following aerial collision between the last week’s commercial airplane and the Black Hawk helicopter.
DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly, SR. Tell the reporters on Sunday that 55 bodies of the 67 victims of aircraft collisions were identified. The only injury reported by Donnie was the first response to a hypothermia during searching for frozen cold water, but he later recovered.
Authorities also stated that they would start lifting debris from the Potomax River on Monday. Colonel Franspera, the United States Army Engineering Corps, said he had expected a “successful lift” on Monday morning and added that it would later cover the remnants in a tent to protect the human body.
“We have a process that can see a lift,” Pella explained. “And if it remains there, it will not move while the wreckage is recovered. We will bring the debris on the surface of the bite. Complete discretion.”
The miserable video from the military base indicates a new angle of the aerial collision catastrophe.
Emergency vehicles and recovery work are found on Friday, January 31, 2025 near the estuary of the Potomax River near the Ronal Dragan Washington National Airport. (AP photo/Caroline Caster)
Authorities were on the site of the river debris immediately after the collision of the Bombardy CRJ700, a Cichorsky UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter and a USA subsidiary of PSA airline, Bonbaldia CRJ700.
The flight data recorder of the plane indicated that it was hit by a helicopter on Wednesday night, and according to the preliminary information announced on Saturday, it was shown that the aircraft pitch had changed. I did it.
“Currently, the CRJ (airplane) based on the data recorder at the time of shock was 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet,” said the toDd Inman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) at a Saturday press conference. “And for those who follow this, it’s a modified altitude.”
“At one point, there was a slight change in the pitch, and there was an increase in pitch,” he asked if the plane had been raised and then added later.
The air traffic control data had the altitude of the airplane at 200 feet at the time of collision, but Inman stated that “it is not confirmed and it is necessary to make the granularity more detailed.” -The difference between high feet.
A victim identified in the CRASH drop of a DC plane involving American Airlines Jet and Military Helicopters
The crew will collect the remnants of 5342 flights 5342 from the Potomac River on January 30, 2025. (Fox News Digital League Rean)
“When you have data from the recorder, you will always be able to provide more specific answers,” said Inman.
Firefighter and diver’s Jake Crockett, a scuba rescue team of Chesterfield Fire & EMS, told the Fox News Digital last week, “unbelievable.”
“We are trained and are always ready to answer the phone … When the diving call comes in, it usually involves one victim, and in rare cases. The victims of the Crockett.
“But I know that 67 people explain, together with two aircraft and all fragments you know, that’s an incredibly normal thing.”
Firefighters also noted that the Potmax River raises issues related to temperature and water visibility.
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After a collision of American Eagle Flight 5342, which collided with the Potomac River in Arlington, Virginia on January 30, 2025, the airplane flies near the Ronal Dragan Washington National Airport. (Eduardomnos/Reuters)
“They have zero visibility or close to zero means that they are jumping in, so finding a small part of the aircraft in such a view will be very challenging.” I explained. “Water, lakes, ponds and rivers here … it’s just dark.”
Mollie Markowitz of Fox News Digital has contributed to this report.
