Crews began lifting pieces of the American Airlines regional jet that crashed into the Potomac River after last week's midair collision with an Army helicopter. Kris Van Cleave has the details. New details are coming out about Friday night's plane crash in a residential neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that killed at least seven people. 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. Crews spent the weekend positioning cranes and other key equipment following last week's deadly plane crash near Washington, D. 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.
Under a police escort, the families of the 67 people killed in last week's midair collision gathered near the site of the wreckage, just outside of Washington, D. 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.
Correspondent Kris Van Cleave reports on a week that brought an unparalleled period of aviation safety in the United States to an end. Mayor Cherelle Parker said five people are still hospitalized following a fatal medical jet crash in Northeast Philadelphia, three of whom are in critical condition. Hosted by Jane Pauley. 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.
