Officials in Washington, D.C., recognized 55 bodies drew from the Potomac River throughout a difficult multi-day recuperation procedure adhering to the midair accident in between an industrial airplane and a Black Hawk helicopter recently.
D.C. Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly,Sr informed press reporters on Sunday that the remains of 55 of the 67 targets of the airplane accident have actually been recognized. The just injury that Donnelly reported was an initial -responder that created hypothermia while browsing in the freezing cool water, however the individual later on recuperated.
Officials additionally claimed they prepare to begin raising the particles out of the Potomac River onMonday Col. Francis Pera from the UNITED STATE Army Corp of Engineers claimed he expects “a successful lift” on Monday early morning, later on including that they will certainly cover the wreck with an outdoor tents to shield any kind of human remains.
“We do have a process where we will be watching the lift as it happens,” Pera clarified. “And then if there are remains in there, that will not move while we’re recovering the wreckage. We will bring that wreckage to the surface of the barge. Our process [is] to immediately tent the barge to make sure that we have full discretion.”
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Emergency automobiles and recuperation procedures are seen near the mouth of the Anacostia River at the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Friday,Jan 31, 2025, inWashington ( AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Officials have actually gone to the particles website in the river considering that soon after the accident in between a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a Bombardier CRJ700 airplane running under PSA Airlines, a subsidiary of American Airlines.
The airplane’s trip information recorder suggested that it was struck at 325 feet by the helicopter on Wednesday evening, which before influence, there was a modification in the airplane’s pitch, according to initial details launched on Saturday.
“Currently, the CRJ (plane) based on the data recorder at the time of impact was 325 feet, plus or minus 25 feet,” National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) participant Todd Inman claimed at a Saturday press conference. “And for those who follow this closely, that is a corrected altitude.”
“I can tell you at one point, very close to the impact, there was a slight change in pitch, an increase in pitch,” he included later on, when asked whether the airplane brought up.
While air traffic control service information had the airplane’s elevation at 200 feet at influence, Inman claimed they “have not finalized that and need to get more granularity to it,” which information from the Black Hawk’s recorder is additionally required to address for the evident 100-foot distinction in elevation.
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Crews get the wreck of American Airlines trip 5342 from the Potomac River onJan 30, 2025. (Leigh Green for Fox News Digital)
“Whenever we have the data from the recorder, we will be able to give you a more specific answer,” Inman claimed.
Jake Crockett, a fireman and scuba diver with the Scuba Rescue Team of Chesterfield Fire & & EMS, informed Fox News Digital recently that the recuperation procedure is “incredibly unusual.”
“We’re trained and always ready to answer the call…when the dive call comes in, but that’s typically involving one victim. And, in rare occasions, a couple of victims,” Crockett clarified.
“But something of this magnitude, you know, having 67 people to account for, along with two aircraft and all the debris is just it’s incredibly out of the ordinary. It’s something that, no doubt, none of them nor myself could have predicted.”
The firemen additionally kept in mind that the Potomac River positions obstacles associated with temperature level and water exposure.
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An aircraft flies near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in the after-effects of the accident of American Eagle trip 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that collapsed right into the Potomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, onJan 30, 2025. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
“It’s going to be zero visibility or close to zero is that they’ll be diving in, and so looking for small parts of an aircraft in that kind of visibility is going to be extremely challenging,” Crockett clarified. “The waters here and the lakes and ponds and rivers…when you go in, it’s just dark.”
Fox News Digital’s Mollie Markowitz added to this record.
