Haunting moment DC disaster rescue teams comb for bodies as planes continue to fly over crash site where 67 died

A DREARY unreality of mourning has descended connected the spot wherever the burning remains of a chopper and rider level sank with 67 radical inside.

Video obtained exclusively by The US Sun shows brave crews desperately sifting through the Potomac River successful Washington DC for bodies aft the tragic clang that near nary survivors.

On Wednesday evening earlier 9 pm, an American Airlines level smashed into a Black Hawk that was hovering successful the mediate of its descent path.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has since confirmed that an "elevation issue" with the US Army-operated helicopter's grooming ngo led to the fiery explosion.

It's the deadliest US aerial crash since November 2001, erstwhile 260 radical died aft an American Airlines level plunged into a New York City neighborhood.

Washington DC's ink-black waters and frigid temperatures near passengers with small accidental of survival, arsenic archetypal responders rapidly realized the rescue ngo was a betterment operation.

Days aboriginal and with 40 bodies pulled, the dedicated crews are inactive searching for corpses arsenic they navigate the shattered level remnants that fell upside down into the murky river.

The U.S. Sun captured exclusive footage of the grim country wherever divers proceed to aquatics done the death-strewn waters.

On Friday, patrol boats braved drizzles of rainfall passim the drawn-out search.

The U.S. Sun besides spoke with anxious travelers astatine adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, wherever the doomed level was headed.

Many of them described the ambient fearfulness seeping done the lobby arsenic they awaited flights.

Some fliers had to drawback a level conscionable an hr aft the airdrome reopened connected Thursday morning, and they were each hesitant earlier walking toward TSA.

"I'm flying out, it's beauteous tragic," Abhi, a 25-year-old flier, told The U.S. Sun.

"I alert regularly and truthful it does marque maine consciousness a small spot much alert than I usually bash erstwhile I’m flying.

"So, decidedly I consciousness a small spot much alert and scared, but you got to support going and got to determination connected you know.”

Another acrophobic traveler described texting his sister each nighttime aft her formation was rerouted from Arkansas to New York due to the fact that of the crash.

"She's precise concerned. She's been texting maine the full time," Carlos Estrada said.

"It makes maine uneasy. We're each present hurting successful immoderate ways."

SEARCH FOR ANSWERS

A furious President Donald Trump has launched a hunt for answers and is blasting the US Army for the crash.

According to now-disturbing formation records, the Black Hawk was cruising done "helicopter alley," which earned its sanction from being a pre-approved way for Army missions.

The chopper aviator contacted the Reagan Airport's aerial postulation controller for support to usage the country and was told it was harmless to proceed arsenic agelong arsenic they hovered beneath 200 feet successful the skies.

However, the Black Hawk proceeded to alert astatine 300 feet successful the air, close into the pathway of the descending plane.

In a cutting Truth Social post, Trump voiced his daze astatine however determination could person been specified a deadly oversight by the pilots.

"The Black Hawk chopper was flying excessively high, by a lot," wrote the president.

"It was acold astir the 200-foot limit. That's not truly excessively analyzable to understand, is it?"

As of Friday, the FAA has banned helicopters from flying successful areas astir the airport.

VICTIMS NAMED

Children, world-class athletes, and a radical of hunting buddies were each connected the level that came crashing into a deadly spiral.

A ample information of the formation from Wichita, Kansas, was coming from the US National Championships for crystal skating.

Teen skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane boarded the level with their mothers and their coaches - Russian mates Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov.

Little sisters Alydia and Everly Livingston, who were 11 and 14 years old, were besides connected the doomed flight.

Another victim, 30-year-old Kiah Duggins, was a erstwhile Miss Kansas contestant and Harvard Law postgraduate who antecedently worked arsenic an intern for Michelle Obama.

Two of the 3 soldiers onboard the Black Hawk person been named arsenic Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves and Crew Chief Ryan O'Hara, 28.

The 3rd soldier's individuality wasn't released astatine the petition of their family.

The archetypal serviceman of the American Airlines formation was named arsenic Sam Lilley, a 28 twelvemonth aged who was recently engaged.

According to his heartbroken dad, helium was successful the "prime of his life."

"I was truthful arrogant erstwhile Sam became a pilot. Now it hurts truthful atrocious I can’t adjacent outcry myself to sleep," helium wrote connected Facebook.

"It is truthful devastating to suffer idiosyncratic that is loved truthful much."