A barge carrying a crane transports parts of the wreckage from the Potomac River as they cross past the helicopter involved in the crash, in the aftermath of the collision of American Eagle flight 5342 and a Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into the river, by the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
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Washington: Officials said on Wednesday they have positively identified all 67 people killed in last week's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington.
A joint statement from agencies said on Wednesday the US Army Corps of Engineers expects to completely remove all major airplane components from the Potomac River near Washington's Reagan National Airport.
Crane operations will then transition to removing the Army Black Hawk helicopter, the statement said.