A deadly collision wreck near the Reagan National Airport will begin to be removed from the Potomac River On Monday morning, while officials said they had not yet found 12 victims.
The collision between the Black Hawk Sikorsky UH-60 and Bombardier CRJ700 aircraft operating under the Airlines dog, the American Airlines branch, is 67 dead on Wednesday night. DC Fire and EMS chief John Donnelly, older reporters, said on Sunday that remains of 55 victims They are identified, as the effort of recovery continues.
“We believe we will be able to regain all the victims. But no, we do not know where everyone is at the moment,” Donnelly said ahead of the Operation Monday.
Colonel Francis Pera from the American Army Engineering Corporation said he predicted “successful lifting”, noting that he would cover the wreck with a tent to protect any human remains.
55 victims in Washington, DC Midair Collision withdrawn from the Potomac River
The wreck is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald National Airport Reagan Washington on Thursday, January 30th. .
“We have a procedure in which we will watch the elevator as it is happening,” Pera explained. “And then if there are leftovers there, it will not move while we are recovering the wreckage. We will bring that wreck to the boat surface. Our process [is] To get the Barga immediately to make sure we have complete discretion. ”
“When we start a lifting process tomorrow, our goal is to really raise as much as we can – given the fact that we also count for the human remains component – and then our goal is to convey it, and the parts of the equipment over to the trailer with straight plates that will now take it to it in A certain hangar, so the investigation can start, “he added.
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The cursing of American Airlines is passing as members of the family victims in the middle agent between Airrican Airlines and a military helicopter at the end of the runway 33 near the Potomac River at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, on Sunday, February, February, February, February, February, February , February, February, February, February, February, February, February, February, February, Sunday, Sunday,. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)
Pera said that divers were equipped with HD cameras in the site, whose Feeds are followed within the support ship.
“So honestly, you have four or five sets of eyes looking inside [the] Wreckage at the same time, “he said.
Pera also said that “the reunification of those lost in the tragic incident is really what continues us all.”
“We have teams that make this effort from the beginning and we are dedicated to happening,” he said.
On Sunday there are victims’ families visited the place of the collision.
Connolly said while the elevator surgery was ongoing, local teams “will continue to search down the shores and around the river to make sure we got all the waste outside.”
Emergency units are searched by the location of the US aircraft collision on the Potomac River on Thursday, January 30th. (Tasos Cathopodis/Getty Images)
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“And if by accident, as a member of the public, you come across some of that, you should call them 911 and report them, and we will take care and review it,” he said.
