Remains of all 67 victims of midair collision near DC pulled from Potomac River

The remains of each 67 victims of past week’s midair collision betwixt an American Airlines pitchy and a U.S. Army Helicopter person been pulled from the Potomac River, authorities announced Tuesday.

A full of 60 passengers and 4 crewmembers were onboard American Eagle Flight 5342, portion 3 soldiers from Fort Belvoir were onboard the UH-60 Black Hawk chopper erstwhile the two craft collided and plunged into the icy waters adjacent Reagan National Airport connected Jan. 30.

No 1 survived the deadly crash.

On Tuesday, officials with the D.C. Fire and EMS Department released a connection confirming the betterment of each the victims, calling it a “significant measurement successful bringing closure to the families and the community.”

The remains of 66 of the victims had been been positively identified arsenic of Tuesday afternoon. The D.C. aesculapian examiner was inactive moving to place 1 acceptable of remains.

“Our hearts are with the victims’ families arsenic they navigate this tragic loss,” officials said. “We widen our deepest condolences and stay committed to supporting them done this hard time.”

Tuesday’s announcement came arsenic crews continued to region wreckage from the bottommost of the river, including “major components” of the Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ-700 bid twin-engine jet.

Rescue and salvage crews with cranes propulsion up the wreckage of an American Airlines pitchy successful the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, successful Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Large lifts continued the cognition done Tuesday evening, with unloading expected for Wednesday morning, depending connected biology and tidal conditions, authorities said. Recovery operations volition past displacement to pulling the Black Hawk chopper from the Potomac River.

Among the victims of the crash, respective of them were young fig skaters returning from the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and National Development Camp successful Wichita, Kan. They were traveling with their coaches and parents.

Two pilots and 2 formation attendants were killed onboard Flight 5342. The victims besides included a radical of hunters returning from a guided travel successful Kansas, 4 members of a steamfitters’ section national successful suburban Maryland and nine students and parents from Fairfax County, Va.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland, left, and Staff Sgt Ryan Austin O’Hara, of Lilburn, Georgia. (U.S. Army via AP; Obtained by Daily News)

Onboard the Black Hawk were Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach, Army Staff Sgt. Ryan O’Hara and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Eaves. The helicopter was connected a classified grooming mission erstwhile it collided with the American Airlines jet.

Federal investigators are inactive trying to portion unneurotic the events that led to the fatal collision. While afloat investigations typically instrumentality a twelvemonth oregon more, officials said they anticipation to person a preliminary study wrong 30 days.