More remains of D.C. plane crash victims recovered as wreckage removal begins
Crews spent the weekend positioning cranes and other key equipment following last week's deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C.
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Crews spent the weekend positioning cranes and other key equipment following last week's deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C.
Crews have removed the first pieces of wreckage from the American Airlines plane that collided midair with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C., last week. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has the details.
Salvage operations are underway Monday to remove an American Airlines plane's fuselage from the Potomac River following its midair collision with an Army helicopter last week. Search crews hope that will allow them to recover the remains of the final victims, which they're still unable to access. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more.
Operations to begin pulling from the Potomac River the wreckage of an American Airlines plane that collided with an Army helicopter could start as soon as Monday. The remains of 55 of the 67 people onboard both aircraft have been recovered and identified so far. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry has more.
Meanwhile, federal investigators are working to piece together what led to the crash and recovery crews are set to pull more wreckage from the water.
On Friday night, a small medical jet carrying a young girl who'd just completed treatment at Shriners Hospital in Philadelphia was going home to Mexico when something went terribly wrong right after takeoff. The crash of the Learjet 55, which destroyed cars and starting buildings ablaze, came just days after the horrifying mid-air collision of an Army Blackhawk helicopter with an American Airlines regional jet over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on a week that brought an unparalleled period of aviation safety in the United States to an end.
National Transportation Safety Board officials gave an update on the deadly midair collision between a commercial plane and a military helicopter outside of Washington, D.C.
One of three soldiers aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter that was involved in the deadly midair collision outside Washington, D.C., was identified as Capt. Rebecca Lobach.
Among the D.C. crash victims was Staff Sergeant Ryan O'Hara, the crew chief on the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines passenger plane. Mark Strassmann spoke to his grieving father.
Crews have recovered 41 bodies from the wreckage of the American Airlines regional jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter sitting in the Potomac River. Now, they're waiting for additional equipment to pull pieces of fuselage from the river in the hopes of reaching those unaccounted for. Kris Van Cleave reports on the latest recovery efforts.
The incident, newly uncovered by CBS News, closely mirrors what led up to the fatal collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight.
Work is continuing in the Potomac River to recover bodies from Wednesday's midair collision between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry has more.
Reaction to President Trump's comments about DEI and the Washington, D.C., plane crash is coming from Gary O'Hara, the father of Ryan O'Hara who was crew chief on the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with an American Airlines plane Wednesday. Timothy Lilley is also speaking out about his son Samuel Lilley's final moments as one of the pilots onboard the American Airlines plane.
Boston is mourning the loss of six members of its ice skating community in Wednesday's Washington, D.C., plane crash. CBS News Boston reporter Laura Haefeli has more.
Robert Sumwalt is the former chair of the National Transportation Safety Board. He joined CBS News to discuss Wednesday's midair collision between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter and the ensuing investigation.
Friends and loved ones are remembering those who were killed in Wednesday's midair collision between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter. CBS News correspondent Ian Lee has more on the members of the U.S. figure skating community who were on the flight.
As search crews continue recovery efforts in the Potomac River, investigators are trying to piece together what caused Wednesday's midair collision between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter above Washington, D.C. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave has more.
Billy Nolen, a former acting FAA administrator during the Biden administration, speaks about the midair collision that happened Wednesday night near Washington, D.C., and aviation safety.
Former NTSB chairman Robert Sumwalt, who is a CBS News transportation safety expert and analyst, joins "CBS Mornings" to break down the latest in the midair collision investigation and what officials will look for at the crash site.
Nick Daniels, the president of the National Air Traffic Controllers' Association, joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C.'s Potomac River.
The deadly midair collision over D.C. killed 67 people, including 14 members of the U.S. figure skating community. Athletes and coaches were returning home from a prestigious national development camp in Wichita, Kansas. American figure skater Brian Boitano, who earned a gold medal at the 1988 winter Olympics and was also in Wichita, joins "CBS Mornings" to talk about the community's devastating loss.
In the aftermath of the deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C., President Trump spoke Thursday from the White House press briefing room and suggested, without evidence, that DEI programs were to blame for the tragedy. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe has more.
The figure skating community is grieving the loss of some of their rising stars killed in the midair collision Wednesday night. More than a dozen top skaters were killed in the crash.
New details are emerging about the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in Wednesday's deadly midair collision. Three U.S. service members were on board the aircraft as part of a nighttime training mission. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata has more.
Nearly 50 NTSB investigators will be searching the Potomac River for evidence to piece together what led to Wednesday night's deadly midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter. The plane's two black boxes were recovered from the water Thursday night.