Search Teams Recover More Aircraft Debris From D.C. Crash
The Nationwide Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s LiDAR survey positioned extra wreckage.
By Caleb Revill
Divers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are looking out a number of underwater targets within the Potomac River that could possibly be extra plane particles from the midair collision in Washington D.C. on Jan. 29.
In response to a Sunday report by the Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB), the targets are believed to be extra particles from each the CRJ-700 passenger jet and Black Hawk helicopter.
The Nationwide Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducted a LiDAR survey over the weekend and recognized bigger items of wreckage. The NTSB report said these items had been recovered by crane and had been despatched to a safe location for documentation.
“NTSB investigators continued to doc the helicopter wreckage,” the report said. “A number of parts had been faraway from the wreckage and preparations are being made for detailed comply with up examination of these things.”
PSA Airways pilot Sam Lilley – one of many 4 airline crew members killed aboard flight 5342 through the crash – was posthumously promoted to captain on Sunday. All 4 of the crew members had been honored by the provider and can obtain PSA’s Honorary Presidents Award.
The stays of all victims aboard each plane have been recovered and recognized as of final week.
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