As of Saturday, Feb. 8th, The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced that all major pieces of the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided over two weeks ago near Reagan National Airport in Washington D.C. have been recovered.
According to CNN, investigators conducted an overnight scan on Feb. 8 between the hours of 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. of the Potomac River using advanced imaging technology to map the riverbed and locate debris.
The NTSB said that the survey “identified multiple underwater targets that could be additional aircraft debris.”
These parts of the plane will help investigators try to find out what happened.
According to CBS News, officials announced on Feb. 4 that the remains of all 67 victims were recovered.
The NTSB confirmed that the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder, more commonly known as black boxes, have been recovered but had some “water intrusion.” Investigators say that they’re confident that the data can be salvaged so they can piece together what led up to the collision.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/crash-reagan-national-airport-washington-dc/
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/08/us/dc-plane-crash-wreckage-search-saturday-hnk/index.html
