Authorities have positively identified 55 out of 67 killed in the aerial collision on Wednesday between American Airlines passenger JET and military helicopter along the Washington DC Potomax River.
“If we recover everyone, it's my belief,” said the firefighter, John Donnely, at a press conference on Sunday.
“As the Salvage Operation progresses, there are things to do.”
On Monday, the Army Engineering Corps begins to lift the debris from the river. Authorities have stated that it may take more than a week.
“We have a wide fragmented field,” said Colonel Francis Pella, the U.S. Army Engineers.
“The large fragmented field uses various techniques to be able to understand what is in the water.”
Authorities added that the work was stopped when relics were found during the removal operation.
Early on Sunday, 67 killed parent Relative arrived at the end of the river near the bus collision site.
The debris is moving to the Washington Reagan National Airport hangar.
Many of the Potomax River remain limited to certified ships.
The two runways that are not used at the airport remain closed.
A surveyor at the National Transportation Safety Board said on Saturday that the CRJ-700 airplane was 325 feet, plus 25 feet or negative when shocking.
Information is based on data recovered from jet flight data recorders, a “black box” that tracks aircraft movements, speeds, and other parameters.
New details suggest that the Army helicopter was flying over 200 feet. This is the maximum advanced route used.
The data confirms that the Air Control Officer warns the Helicopter the existence of the CRJ-700 two minutes ago, CRJ-700.
One second before the impact, according to an airplane cockpit audio recorder, the US flight crew showed an “oral reaction” and the flight data showed that the airplane's nose had begun to rise.
