Recovery crews search Potomac River for remains after plane and helicopter crash

A Coast Guard cutter outfitted with a crane waited by the wreckage as occasional recovery team members slipped into the water amid a group of smaller emergency boats

Police and rescue boats work in the Potomac River. Picture: Carolyn Kaster/AP

Sat, 01 Feb, 2025 - 23:03

Claudia Lauer, Associated Press

Recovery crews and divers searched the Potomac River in Washington, DC for remains and cleared wreckage on Saturday from the mid-air collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter that killed 67 people.

A Coast Guard cutter outfitted with a crane waited by the wreckage as occasional recovery team members slipped into the water amid a group of smaller emergency boats.