NTSB investigators recovered the flight and voice recorders from the Army Black Hawk helicopter involved in the fatal collision with an American Airlines passenger jet. The agency is confident it will extract all relevant data from both recorders and is working to recover all bodies from the Potomac River. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
Investigators say they have recovered the flight and voice recorder from an Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet on Wednesday outside of Reagan National Airport. In a Friday news conference,
says it is working with the Washington, D.C., Medical Examiner's office so that any victims recovered can be immediately taken for identification.Two distinct debris fields corresponding to the fallen aircraft. Investigation so far has identified large debris from each aircraft that will be recovered and analyzed.
officials reiterated on Friday that the agency will not identify any of the victims in is reporting.'The expects to produce a preliminary report on the accident within 30 days.
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