More remains of the DC Air accident recovered from the Potomac River

More of the remains of an American Airlines regional plane recovered on Tuesday of the mortal last week. midair collision On Washington, DC, who sent the plane and a black hawk helicopter from the army crashing against the Potomac River.

One of the pieces recovered on Tuesday showed a part of the American Eagle logo from the flight that took off from Wichita, Kansas, on Wednesday for the Reagan National Airport of Washington with 60 passengers and four members of the on -board crew.

Crews He started working Monday to save the remains, recovering the abused middle section of the aircraft fuselage, one of the engines and a wing.

“During the next 24 hours, our goal is to really complete our commitment to finish the recovery of the civil plane,” Colonel Frank Pera, from the US Army Engineers’ body, told reporters.

The authorities said it will take several days to eliminate all the remains, including the cabin.

The DC Fire Department said the additional remains recovered on Monday of the most mortal of an American plane crash in more than two decades and are in the process of identifying. Of the 67 victims Of the collision, remains of 55 have been identified.

Freshly launched Drones video From the National Transport Security Board shows a first look at the scene hours after the accident, the Black Hawk helicopter appears mainly intact.

The researchers said they are still studying the flight data and voice recorders of the cabin of both planes. They have also obtained training and flight records for both flight crews, maintenance records for both aircraft and are building daily history of crews.

The interviews with the five air traffic controlle that work on the night of the collision have also been completed when the NTSB tries to rebuild what happened.

Amid questions about whether military helicopters should share the same airspace with commercial air traffic, Billy Nolen, former interim administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, said they should do so.

“It happens all the time,” said Noen. “So this is not one of a zero -sum game. We are in this region of the national capital. What we must see is, for example, that we have lost something in terms of how it is designed, how the routes and This is something that we did, we should or could do differently to prevent this from happening again? “

As the researchers press the answers, a moment of silence was held on Monday on skating clues throughout the country remembering the 67 lost lives, including those of the ice skating community.