Officials recover 42 remains from Potomac River as investigation into midair collision continues

Washington, D.C., officials released updates astir the probe of the Jan. 29 Potomac River midair collision connected Saturday, detailing what bodies and debris person been removed from the water.

In a connection released connected Saturday, Unified Command said that rescuers person recovered "42 sets of remains" from the clang country truthful far, and the D.C. main aesculapian examiner has positively identified 38.

 Sixty-seven people died successful the incident.

Officials besides said that they attempted to region the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with a crane, which was "briefly stabilized," but that the removal has not been palmy truthful far.

"The U.S. Coast Guard is connected the country with galore resources assisting with hunt efforts and enforcing a information portion connected the Potomac River," the connection read. 

KAZAKHSTAN PLANE CRASH SURVIVORS SAY THEY HEARD BANGS BEFORE AIRCRAFT WENT DOWN; PUTIN ISSUES STATEMENT

Emergency workers retrieve debris Thursday from the Potomac River successful the aftermath of the collision betwixt American Eagle formation 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter.  (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

"Today, salvage crews from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Navy's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving are assessing the country and preparing for the betterment of the aircraft," the connection added. "Divers from the salvage institution are surveying the wreckage passim the day."

In a quality league aboriginal Saturday evening, officials said that they were "working done the transcript of the aerial postulation control," according to National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) subordinate Todd Inman.

"Both the airplane and the chopper would perceive immoderate aerial postulation control, but they would not perceive the different craft oregon helicopter," Inman explained. "I bring that up due to the fact that we are present moving done the transcript of the aerial postulation control, and galore radical person heard antithetic recordings [online]."

"Those bash not incorporate the UHF (ultra-high frequency) vigor transmissions…as we synchronize the timing connected that, we anticipation to beryllium capable to merchandise them [Sunday]."

STAFFING AT REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT AIR CONTROL TOWER WAS 'NOT NORMAL' ON NIGHT OF COLLISION: FAA

National Transportation Safety Board subordinate Todd Inman speaks with reporters astatine Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Saturday, successful Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Officials were besides incapable to corroborate if the unit members successful the Black Hawk chopper were wearing nighttime imaginativeness goggles astatine the clip of the incident.

"We tin verify it was connected a grooming formation that would utilize nighttime imaginativeness goggles," Inman said. "We bash not cognize astatine this clip if the nighttime imaginativeness goggles were actively being worn, nor what the mounting whitethorn be. Further probe should beryllium capable to fto america cognize if that occurred and what it whitethorn factor. It whitethorn play successful the wide accident."

Also connected Saturday, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy released a video connected X stating that helium has precocious spoken to household members of the victims, saying that their symptom is "unimaginable."

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport connected Thursday, successful the aftermath of Wednesday night's collision of American Eagle formation 5342 and a Black Hawk chopper that crashed into the Potomac River, successful Arlington, Va., U.S. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

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"When I cognize information, I'm going to stock with them, but besides with the American people," Duffy said. "Yesterday, we restricted the airspace astir DCA from chopper travel, making definite radical consciousness harmless arsenic they travel successful and retired of our superior metropolis successful the coming days."

"We're going to person much announcements. I privation Americans to consciousness assured successful American aerial travel."