Remains of a military helicopter involved in an airborne collision with a passenger jet that killed all 67 people on both aircraft were recovered from the Potomac River Thursday, federal officials said.
Additional parts were also recovered from an American Airlines plane heading to Reagan National Airport when it attacked the UH-60 Blackhawk on January 29, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a statement.
The wreckage recovered on Thursday will be offloaded to barges and transported to a safe location. Efforts continue to find the right engine and tail rotors from the Black Hawk, the agency said.
The development recovered all 67 casualties, including many of the planes returning from training camp following the 2025 US Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas, two days after officials said I was done.
US figure skating said 28 people in flight were connected to the sport.
The helicopter was on board for three people and was taking part in a training mission from Fort Belvoir, Virginia, officials said.
The NTSB is working to determine the cause of the collision.
The agency said Tuesday that an air traffic control exhibit would appear to be flying 300 feet or 100 feet above the 200 feet ceiling, typically required under federal aviation regulations, at the time of the collision. He said that.
The board said additional information from the Black Hawk wreckage is needed to confirm flight track data.
Two “black boxes” of the plane — the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder — have been retrieved and evaluated in the lab, NTSB said last week.
