Thursday, Jan. 30 – U.S. President Donald Trump said there were no survivors after last night’s midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S. army Black Hawk helicopter in the Washington, D.C., area. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the probe into the collision, hopes to have a preliminary report ready within 30 days.
Divers are expected to return to the Potomac River on Friday as part of the recovery and investigation after a midair collision killed 67 people in the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century.
Investigators have already recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the American Airlines plane that collided with an army helicopter as the plane was landing Wednesday night at Ronald Reagan National Airport next to Washington, D.C.
All aboard the two aircraft were killed, with officials examining the actions of the …