DC plane crash: Flight manifest expected to be released Friday

(NewsNation) — Officials are expected to merchandise a formation manifest Friday with a database of those connected committee the American Airlines jet that was carrying 64 passengers erstwhile it collided with a subject helicopter carrying 3 soldiers astatine Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

During a Thursday quality conference, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly said the formation manifest for American Airlines Flight 5342 would beryllium released aft the families of those who were connected the formation are notified.

"They are waiting for each of the families to beryllium notified," Kelly said. "There are immoderate folks connected that level who are from overseas. That's partially the crushed for the delay. They expect we would apt person the manifest connected Friday afternoon."

The 67 radical connected the plane and subject chopper are presumed dead. At slightest 30 bodies person been recovered from the country arsenic of Thursday evening, including each 3 soldiers who were connected the Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Investigators retrieve achromatic boxes from level successful DC crash

The National Transportation Safety Board is examining the cockpit dependable recorder and formation data recovered Thursday from the rider jet.

Investigators volition zero successful connected however the level experienced a accelerated nonaccomplishment of altitude connected its attack implicit the Potomac.

Officials said their probe “will instrumentality immoderate time" but mean to person a preliminary study connected the clang wrong 30 days.

Jennifer Homendy, committee chair, said portion it is an “all hands connected platform event,” they volition let archetypal responders to implicit their “important information mission.”

To find the origin of the crash, Homendy said the NTSB volition look astatine respective factors, including “human, instrumentality and the environment.”

DC level crash: What we cognize truthful far

The midair clang occurred shortly before 9 p.m. local clip Wednesday, shutting down the airdrome until 11 a.m. Thursday.

Part of the probe volition revolve astir an enactment with aerial postulation power successful the last moments before the collision.

According to investigators, the level was cleared to onshore astatine a shorter runway conscionable minutes earlier astatine Reagan National. The pilots acknowledged the change as well. Air postulation power besides asked the chopper if it could spot the level and if it could walk down it, but, seconds later, the clang occurred.

There were 60 passengers and 4 unit members aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, according to American Airlines. The FAA said the level was a Bombardier CRJ700 arriving from Wichita, Kansas.

A U.S. Army authoritative said the chopper was a UH-60 Black Hawk based astatine Fort Belvoir successful Virginia. Jonathan Koziol, main of unit for Army aviation, said some pilots were experienced and had flown the circumstantial way before. The pilot-in-command had 1,000 flying hours, and their co-pilot had conscionable nether 500.

Who are the victims of the DC level crash?

The victims include figure skaters and coaches, arsenic good arsenic members of the D.C. subdivision of the Steamfitters union.

“We are devastated by this unspeakable calamity and clasp the victims’ families intimately successful our hearts,” U.S. Figure Skating said successful a statement.

United Association Steamfitters said 4 members were connected committee the American Airlines flight.

“May they remainder successful peace,” UA Local 602, based successful Prince George’s County, Maryland, said connected X.

One of the unit members killed successful the clang was First Officer Sam Lilley, his begetter Tim Lilley, confirmed to NewsNation.

Two Chinese nationals were besides among the victims of the crash, according to the Chinese Embassy successful the U.S.

Here are the victims we cognize truthful far:

• Melissa Jane Nicandri
• Kiah Duggins
• Olivia Ter
• Donna Smojice Livingston
• Peter Livingston
• Everly Livingston
• Alydia Livingston
• Mikey Stovall
• Tommy Clagett
• Steve Johnson
• John Boyd
• Grace Maxwell
• Robert “Bobby” Schrock
• Lori Schrock
• Sasha Kirsanov
• Ian Epstein
• Sam Lilley
• Evgenia Shishkova
• Vadim Naumov
• Jinna Han
• Jin Han
• Spencer Lane
• Christine Lane

Michael Ramsey, Tom Dempsey, Kevin Bohn and Jacqueline Hughes contributed to this report.