Cockpit, tail from D.C. plane crash pulled from Potomac River as crews recover more wreckage from collision

Some parts of the cabin and tail of an American Airlines regional plane recovered on Tuesday when the crews continued to throw pieces from the Potomac River wreck after last week’s mortals Halfway About Washington, DC, who sent to the airline and a helicopter of the Black Hawk army that crashed in the water.

The pieces were lifted by a crane and were placed on a barge with other parts recovered from the flight that took off from Wichita, Kansas, Wednesday for Washington’s National Reagan National Airport with 60 passengers and four members of the crew on board. One of the pieces recovered before the day showed a part of the American Eagle logo.

Crew started working On Monday to rescue the wreck, recovering the abused section of the aircraft’s fuselage, one of the engines and a wing.

“During the next 24 hours, our goal is to really complete our commitment to finish the recovery of the civil plane,” said Colonel Frank Pera, from the United States Army Engineers, said Monday to journalists.

Officials said it would take several days to remove the entire accident.

The DC Fire Brigade said that additional remains of the US deadly aerial airs were recovered in more than two decades and are in the process of being identified. From 67 victims From the collision, 55 remains have been identified.

Recently released video drone From the National Transport Safety Board it shows a first look at the scene hours after the accident, the Black Hawk helicopter appears mainly intact.

Researchers said they continue to cause the flight data and voice recorders of the two aircraft cabin. They have also obtained formation and flight trunks for the two flight crews, the maintenance records of the two planes and are building the daily stories of the crews.

Interviews with the five air traffic drivers working on the collision night have also been completed when the NTSB tries to combine what happened.

In the midst of questions about whether military helicopters should share the same air space with commercial air traffic, Billy Nolen, a former acting administrator of the federal aviation administration, said they should.

“It spends all the time,” Nolen said. “Therefore, it is not a zero sum game. We are in this region of national capital. What we should look at is, for example, we have lost anything in terms of how they are designed, how the routes are designed and there would be something we would do or could do differently to prevent this from happening again? “

As researchers drive answers, a moment of silence was held on Monday on the skating rinks across the country, remembering the 67 lost lives, including those of the Ice skating community.

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