Officials believe that no one survived the midair collision on Wednesday night of a commercial jet carrying 64 people and an Army helicopter carrying three U.S. service members near Washington, D.C.
Both aircraft crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport, and crews searching the icy waters had pulled 27 bodies from the plane and one from the helicopter, officials told a news conference on Thursday morning. Emergency responders were switching from a rescue to a recovery operation, said John Donnelly, Washington’s fire chief.
Emergency responders recovered the bodies of 27 people who had been on the American Airlines jet, which was carrying 64 people, and one from the Army helicopter, which was carrying three. The two aircraft collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport.
Source: The New York Times
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