The US authorities have recovered at least 40 bodies from the 67 victims of the plane crash that took place this Thursday when an American Airlines flight and a helicopter of the army collided in the air on the Potomac River, in the vicinity of the Ronald Reagan National Airport from Washington.
A police source has confirmed to the US CBS chain that around 5.30 pm (11:30 p.m. in peninsular and Balearic -64 of them were traveling on the plane from Wichita (Kansas) and three others in the military helicopter-, since the authorities have ruled out that there are survivors.
Among the victims, there are two citizens of Chinese nationality, as confirmed by the Embassy of the Asian giant in the United States. In addition, the Argentine authorities have confirmed to the newspaper ‘Clarín’ the death of a father and his 13 -year -old son, both Argentines, who had participated in an artistic skating competition. In fact, among the deaths confirmed on Thursday are the American skaters Jinna Han and Spencer Lane and the Russian coaches Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, world gold in 1994 in the modality by couples.
On the other hand, the National Board of Transportation Board has announced through its social network account X that It already has at your disposal “the flight data recorder and the voice recorder of the cabincommonly known as black boxes “, ready to analyze in your laboratory, located less than two kilometers from the accident site.
A passenger plane with more than 60 people on board from Wichita (Kansas) collided in the air on Wednesday night with a United States Army helicopter on the Potomac River, in the vicinity of the Ronald Reagan National Airport of Washington.
