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(NewsNation) — Following a level crash successful Washington, D.C., past week, divers and salvage workers are readying to region the wreckage and retrieve the remaining bodies from the Potomac River.
The mid-air collision betwixt a rider level and an Army chopper left 67 radical dead. Authorities person identified 55 of the radical who person been killed truthful far.
There are 12 victims inactive near successful the river, though officials person said they are assured they volition beryllium capable to retrieve remains from each those who were killed successful the crash.
Salvage crews are preparing to assistance the fuselage of the level retired of the water, which is wherever they judge the remaining 12 victims are located. Divers person not been capable to retrieve the bodies with the wreckage inactive successful the water.
An probe into the clang is ongoing, with galore questions remaining astir the origin of the crash, including wherefore helicopters were allowed to alert successful the aforesaid abstraction wherever planes were landing.
The FAA has enactment a no-fly portion astir the Reagan National Airport, but it's not wide however agelong it volition last.
Data from the clang shows conflicting altitude readings regarding however precocious the chopper was flying. Information from the black box shows the Black Hawk chopper astatine 325 feet, portion readings from the power operation showed 200 feet.
The pilots of the chopper did person nighttime imaginativeness goggles, but it's not wide if they were wearing them astatine the clip of the crash.
