Washington, D.C., officers launched updates in regards to the investigation of the Jan. 29 Potomac River midair collision on Saturday, detailing what our bodies and particles have been faraway from the water.
In a press release launched on Saturday, Unified Command stated that rescuers have recovered “42 units of stays” from the crash space up to now, and the D.C. chief health worker has positively recognized 38.
 Sixty-seven folks died within the incident.
Officers additionally stated that they tried to take away the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with a crane, which was “briefly stabilized,” however that the removing has not been profitable up to now.
“The U.S. Coast Guard is on the scene with quite a few assets aiding with search efforts and imposing a security zone on the Potomac River,” the assertion learn.Â
KAZAKHSTAN PLANE CRASH SURVIVORS SAY THEY HEARD BANGS BEFORE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN; PUTIN ISSUES STATEMENT
Emergency staff get well particles Thursday from the Potomac River within the aftermath of the collision between American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)
“At the moment, salvage crews from the U.S. Military Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving are assessing the realm and getting ready for the restoration of the plane,” the assertion added. “Divers from the salvage firm are surveying the wreckage all through the day.”
In a information convention early Saturday night, officers stated that they have been “working by way of the transcript of the air site visitors management,” based on Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) member Todd Inman.
“Each the airplane and the helicopter would hear any air site visitors management, however they’d not hear the opposite plane or helicopter,” Inman defined. “I deliver that up as a result of we are actually working by way of the transcript of the air site visitors management, and many individuals have heard completely different recordings [online].”
“These don’t include the UHF (ultra-high frequency) radio transmissions…as we synchronize the timing on that, we hope to have the ability to launch them [Sunday].”
STAFFING AT REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT AIR CONTROL TOWER WAS ‘NOT NORMAL’ ON NIGHT OF COLLISION: FAA
Nationwide Transportation Security Board member Todd Inman speaks with reporters at Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport, Saturday, in Arlington, Va. (AP Picture/Jose Luis Magana)
Officers have been additionally unable to verify if the crew members within the Black Hawk helicopter have been carrying night time imaginative and prescient goggles on the time of the incident.
“We are able to confirm it was on a coaching flight that might make the most of night time imaginative and prescient goggles,” Inman stated. “We have no idea presently if the night time imaginative and prescient goggles have been actively being worn, nor what the setting could also be. Additional investigation ought to be capable of tell us if that occurred and what it could issue. It might play within the total accident.”
Additionally on Saturday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy launched a video on X stating that he has not too long ago spoken to relations of the victims, saying that their ache is “unimaginable.”
Ronald Reagan Washington Nationwide Airport on Thursday, within the aftermath of Wednesday night time’s collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the Potomac River, in Arlington, Va., U.S. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
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“After I know info, I’ll share with them, but in addition with the American folks,” Duffy stated. “Yesterday, we restricted the airspace round DCA from helicopter journey, ensuring folks really feel protected as they arrive out and in of our capital metropolis within the coming days.”
“We’ll have extra bulletins. I would like Individuals to really feel assured in American air journey.”
