No Survivors In US Aircraft Collision
plane was carrying 60 passengers and four members of crew while helicopter had three service members
No Survivors In US Aircraft Collision
Washington: No survivors have yet been found of American Eagle Flight 5342 that collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near the Reagan National Airport in Washington DC Wednesday night.
Both aircraft fell into the Potomac river. The plane was carrying 60 passengers and four members of the crew while the helicopter had three service members.
Rescuers had pulled out several bodies from the icy cold water of the river till early Thursday morning, but no survivors. The temperature of the water in the river was dan-gerously low around 0 degree celsius. NBC's Washington affiliate has reported rescuers have recovered 30 bodies from the river. The plane was carrying passengers from Wichita in the state of Kansas to the National Airport.
DC authorities have said the plane had broken into pieces and the helicopter was found upside down in the river. Rescue helicopters hovered over the river with flood lights as boats and rescuers combed the river for survivors and bodies.
