The recovery operations of the two devices that fell into the Potomac River, near the Ronald Reagan airport in Washington, began on Monday. 67 people died in the accident that involved a passenger plane and a military helicopter.
Five days after the first pieces of the plane were recovered on Monday.
The recovery operations of the two devices that fell into the Potomac River, near the Ronald Reagan airport in Washington, began on Monday, while searching for victims’ bodies.
At noon (17:00 in Lisbon), a large crane, assisted for a smaller second, used straps to lift part of the plane’s fuselage out of the water and carefully placed it in a barge.
“We started the operations at dawn. We recovered the first of the two engines (from the plane) around 10:00, the fuselage around 12:00 and, around 2:30 pm, we started working to remove a wing from the water,” The US authorities explained during a new press conference at Ronald Reagan airport.
“Our goal today was to recover the engine, the fuselage and the wing: we got it. Our goal tomorrow [terça-feira] It’s the cockpit, “they added, although operations depend on tide and weather conditions, especially the wind.
“During today’s operations, new bodies were located. They are, as well as others removed from the water previously, to be identified,” said local authorities.
The number of 55 bodies identified communicated on Sunday was not changed at this time, they specified.
Trump’s accusations
The President of the United States, Republican Donald Trump, was quick to blame – without proof – diversity policies implemented in the US government of Democrat Joe Biden to explain the air disaster.
The level of personnel at the Ronald Reagan International Airport Control Tower in Washington “was not” in its normal at the time of the accident, according to US media.
Investigators of the US Transport Security Council (NTSB), an independent agency, hope to disclose a preliminary report within 30 days. Full investigation may take a year.
