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All 67 victims recovered from DC helicopter-plane collision

Search efforts are underway at the wreckage site of a fatal midair collision between an American Airlines plane and a military helicopter in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Arlington, Virginia, the United States, Feb 3, 2025. [Xinhua]

The remains of all 67 individuals who died in the helicopter and passenger plane midair collision in Washington, DC last week have been recovered by rescue teams, US media reported Tuesday.

Sixty-six of the remains have been positively identified, the ABC News cited the Unified Command as saying.

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