Remains of 55 people who lost their lives in US plane crash recovered: What is the latest status of the search efforts?
The remains of people who died as a result of a collision between a civilian passenger jet and a military helicopter in Washington, the capital of the US, have been reached.
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Washington Fire and Emergency Medical Services Chief John Donnelly noted that the remains of 55 of the 67 people who lost their lives in the crash near Ronald Reagan National Airport have been recovered.
Announcing that the remains of 55 of the 67 people who lost their lives in the crash have been found and identified, Donnelly underscored that they will continue the efforts until the body of every citizen who lost their life is found.
Donnelly announced that operations in the Potomac River are continuing to find the bodies of those who lost their lives in the crash.
Announcing that the remains of 55 of the 67 people who lost their lives in the crash have been reached and identified, Donnelly underscored that they will continue the efforts until the body of every citizen who lost their life is found.
PLANE CRASH IN WASHINGTON
The Federal Aviation Administration had announced that a civilian jet belonging to American Airlines and a 'Black Hawk' type military helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Airport on January 29.
In the crash that occurred near the airport close to the capital Washington, the passenger plane carrying 60 passengers and a crew of 4, along with the military helicopter carrying 3 military personnel, crashed into the Potomac River, and officials announced that there were no survivors in the crash.
US President Donald Trump had spoken regarding the probable cause of the crash, saying, 'The helicopter was in the wrong place at the wrong time.'
Stating that the crash was a 'great tragedy' and that it should have been preventable, Trump had used the expression, 'Unfortunately, there were no survivors of the crash.'