Washington crash: Investigators seek to salvage aircraft after deadly incident

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Investigators plan to push forward on Friday with efforts to retrieve the two aircraft involved in a crash in Washington that killed 67 people and raised questions about air safety in the US capital.

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Fresh from recovering the so-called black boxes from the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River after colliding with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday, January 29, divers aim to “salvage the aircraft” and find additional components on Friday, Washington’s fire department said.

“Overnight, boats will remain on the scene for security and surface searches from local, state, and federal regional partners,” it said.

The National Transportation Safety Board is studying the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the CRJ700 airplane, which carried 60 passengers and four crew members, all of whom perished in the crash. The three members of the helicopter crew also died.