Officials say the vast majority of bodies have now been recovered, as questions remain over the deadly mid-air collision.
Washington, DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly said at a news conference that divers still need to find the bodies of 12 more victims and are committed to the dignified recovery of remains as they prepare to lift wreckage from the Potomac River as early as Monday morning local time .
Dozens of people arrived in buses with a police escort close to where an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided last Thursday, killing all 67 aboard the two aircraft. The plane's passengers included figure skaters returning from the 2025 US Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, and a group of hunters returning from a guided trip.
But they did not say whether that change in angle meant that pilots were trying to perform an evasive maneuver to avoid the crash. Investigators said they hoped to reconcile the difference with data from the helicopter's black box, which is taking more time to retrieve because it became waterlogged after the Black Hawk plunged into the Potomac. They also said they plan to refine the tower data, which can be less reliable."This is a complex investigation," investigator in charge Brice Banning said.Banning said the jet's cockpit voice recorder captured sound moments before the crash.
On Fox News Sunday, Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration was looking into staffing in the Reagan Airport control tower.
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