All 64 passengers onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army chopper in Washington, DC earlier in the day are feared dead, a senior fire official said. As per news reports, at least 28 bodies have been recovered so far from the Potomac River where both the aircraft fell after the clash.
The incident, one of the deadliest in the history of the US, occurred when the commercial jet was attempting to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport and crashed with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter.
“We are now at the point where we are transitioning from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” John Donnelly, Washington’s fire chief said while addressing a presser. “We don’t believe there are any survivors”.