Three black boxes — one from the Black Hawk helicopter and two from the American Airlines jet — have been recovered from the wreckage in Washington D.C.’s Potomac River, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
The helicopter’s box was recovered Friday after investigators previously recovered two black boxes from the jet. All three devices will now be taken for analysis, NTSB board member Todd Inman said Friday.
We have a high level of confidence that we will be able to have a full extraction,” Inman said of the helicopter’s black box.
At least 41 bodies have been recovered so far, officials said, including the three service members on the Black Hawk. All 67 people involved in the mid-air collision Wednesday evening near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport are presumed dead.
More than 30 victims have already been publicly identified, including both pilots on the American Airlines jet and two of three soldiers on board the helicopter. The victims also include two teenage figure skaters, their parents and two coaches.
Elsewhere, Jo Ellis, a Black Hawk pilot with the Virginia Army National Guard who is transgender, was falsely identified as the captain flying the U.S. military helicopterafter President Donald Trump baselessly blamed diversity, equity, and inclusion programs for the crash.
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Dozens of bodies have been recovered from the Potomac River after an American Airlines jet collided with a U.S. Army helicopter, claiming the lives of 67 people.
Authorities are going through the gruesome process of identifying the victims found so far, as families of people on board are forced to wait to have their worst fears confirmed.
Among those who have been identified are the personnel flying the two aircraft. The American Airlines crew included Captain Jonathan Campos, 34, and First Officer Sam Lilley, 28. The Blackhawk crew included Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves.
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