02/05/2025

Officials Say Remains of All 67 People Killed in D.C. Aircraft Collision Recovered

The airline accident was the worst since 2001

The remains of all 67 people killed in Wednesday's collision of a American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River have been recovered, officials said Tuesday. Sixty-six of them have been identified, the D.C. Fire and EMS department said.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is leading the investigation, said Tuesday that the air traffic control tower display showed the helicopter at about 300 feet at the time of the collision. That is above the maximum altitude of 200 feet helicopters in the area are authorized to fly at under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules, but the NTSB cautioned it needs more information that will come from the Black Hawk once it is recovered from the water.

Rescue responders had been working over the past several days to remove wreckage from the airplane, a Bombardier CRJ-700. Crews have so far lifted out the right wing, center fuselage, parts of the front of the cabin, tail cone and other parts.

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