Potomac River

The News4 family pays tribute and remembers the 67 lives lost in the midair collision over the Potomac River in January. 

It has been one week since the fatal collision between the American Airlines jet and the Army helicopter. All 67 victims have been recovered from the Potomac River. Crews continue to remove wreckage from the River on Wednesday. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports. 

A week after a helicopter and airplane collision in Washington killed 67 people, investigators are still at work as salvage crews pull out chunks of aircraft. The next morning President Donald Trump said all on board were killed as recovery efforts were underway. The identities of the victims began to trickle out online. Investigators found the black boxes of the...

Crews made progress removing the wreckage from last week’s midair crash, including the tail of the American Airlines jet, from the Potomac River. Transportation Reporter has the latest from the salvage operation.

Crews are expected to remove the cockpit from the American Airlines jet from the Potomac River as they continue recovery efforts from last week’s fatal mid-air collision that killed 67 people.

As recovery efforts continue, Unified Command crews will try to lift the cockpit of the American Airlines regional jet out from the Potomac River on Tuesday. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports. 

More remains were found in the Potomac River Monday but have not been identified yet after the crash of an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter. News4’s Adam Tuss reports.

Salvage crews have removed a large portion of a commercial jet from the Potomac River near Washington’s Reagan National Airport after a midair collision last week that killed 67 people. Authorities have said the operation to remove the plane will take several days and they will then work to remove the military helicopter involved in the crash.

Removal of the wreckage of the regional jet will take about three days, News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

A private memorial service was held for families of victims of the Potomac River crash at Reagan National Airport on Sunday. News4’s Megan McGrath reports. 

Families of victims of the deadliest U.S. air disaster in a nearly in 25 years visited the crash site just outside Washington, D.C. Dozens of people walked Sunday along the banks of the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport, close to where an American Airlines jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter collided Wednesday. All 67 people aboard the two...

An artist from Texas is creating a memorial for the 67 victims of the Potomac River crash. News4’s Jessica Albert reports.

Recovery crews and divers are searching the Potomac River for remains and clearing wreckage from the midair collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter that killed 67 people. A Coast Guard cutter outfitted with a crane waited by the wreckage on Saturday as occasional recovery team members slipped into the water from smaller emergency boats. No one survived the...

Investigators at the site of the Potomac River crash are still unearthing pieces of wreckage from the frigid waters. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports on what we know at the start of the third day since the tragedy.

The NTSB briefed the public on its investigation into the midair disaster near Reagan National Airport. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

The black box from the Army helicopter that collided with a commercial airliner Wednesday has been recovered. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

Recovery operations are underway after an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter collided and crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night.

Investigators are asking anyone who might see debris floating in the river to not touch it and to immediately call 911. News4’s Megan McGrath reports.

While crews prepare to comb the Potomac River for victims killed when a plane and helicopter crashed on Wednesday night, travel has returned to normal at Reagan National Airport. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports live.

D.C. Fire and EMS said divers will work with the NTSB Friday to conduct additional searches to locate aircraft parts and begin operations to salvage the American Airlines jet and the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided and crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday night. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.