No more hope of finding survivors after plane with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter near Washington DC
The conditions in the Potomac River, where the aircraft fell, are extremely rough for the responders, says city fire chief. The rescue effort has now switched to a recovery effort
Officials said on Thursday there is no more hope of finding survivors from the midair collision over Washington DC between an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter. It is the deadliest aviation disaster in the U.S. since November 12, 2001, when an American Airlines flight crashed in New York, killing all 260 people on board. So far, 27 bodies from the commercial passenger jet and one from the military helicopter have been recovered.
