WASHINGTON—Recovery efforts continue as authorities seek to recover wreckage and human remains from the Potomac river after a Jan. 29 midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport.
The recovery effort is being coordinated by the Army Corps of Engineers, with support from the Coast Guard and the Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage Dive Operations.
Lt. Col. Frank Pera of the Army Corps of Engineers said the salvage procedure emphasizes the “dignified recovery” of any human remains.
Pera said the Feb. 3 recovery efforts were “very successful,” and that the plane’s fuselage, wing, and engine have been removed from the riverbed.
The team hopes to complete its work in the next 24 hours, he said….