Black box from Army helicopter that collided with plane has been recovered

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(1 Feb 2025)
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Arlington, Virginia - 31 January 2025
1. Wide of boat with a crane at work at site of wreckage on the Potomac River
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mike Pesoli, The Associated Press:
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"Police boats returned to the Potomac River on Friday as part of the recovery and investigation after a midair collision between an American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter killed 67 people, in the United States' deadliest aviation disaster since 2001. Both the black boxes from the American Airlines flight and the Black Hawk helicopter have been recovered from the water. Over 40 bodies have been recovered, and on Saturday, more salvage equipment is expected to arrive to help pull more wreckage from the water."
3. Various of search crew on boat combing the shoreline for crash debris on the Potomac River
4. Wide of boat with a crane at work at site of wreckage on the Potomac River
STORYLINE:
Investigators are seeking clues into this week's deadly midair collision, the deadliest aviation disaster in the U.S. almost a quarter century.

The collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington, D.C, late Wednesday killed 67 people, including more than a dozen figure skaters.

More than 40 bodies have been recovered.

Air crash investigations can take months — or longer. Investigators have declined to publicly speculate on the cause of the collision.

The plane had two recorders. One, a flight data recorder, was in good condition. It was opened Friday, and its information is expected to be downloaded shortly, National Transportation Safety Board member Todd Inman said.

Water had gotten inside the cockpit voice recorder, however. While that’s not unusual, it adds to investigators’ work to download the data.

The helicopter’s data is all held in one black box. It is now at the NTSB headquarters. While investigators have not attempted to open it yet, it appears to be undamaged.

AP video by Mike Pesoli and Nathan Ellgren

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