Authorities have actually recuperated 41 bodies after an aircraft crash in Washington DC.
Sixty-seven people were killed when an American Airlines jet and a military helicopter collided mid-air on Wednesday night. So far, 28 bodies have actually been recognized.
Both airplane crashed into the Potomac River after the accident. Some 300 personnel were sent to the scene, but the rescue soon became a healing mission as authorities said there were no survivors.
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Federal detectives have recuperated the black boxes from the passenger jet, while authorities were still looking for similar devices in the helicopter.
Meanwhile, amidst concerns over how well the airport's control tower was staffed on the night of the crash, it's been validated that an air traffic control service supervisor had actually let a controller leave their shift early.
The detail, employment initially reported by the New York Times, has actually been confirmed to Sky News' US partner NBC News by a source familiar with the examination.
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It indicates a single controller was dealing with both plane and helicopter traffic in the location when the two aircraft clashed.
It is allowable - but not optimum - for one controller to do both jobs, NBC News reported.
The American Airlines jet was bring 60 guests and four crew when it crashed with the Black Hawk helicopter, carrying 3 soldiers, quickly before 9pm local time on Wednesday.
Flight 5342 was preparing to land on runway 33 at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it clashed with the helicopter in among the most firmly controlled airspaces worldwide.
'Em ergency cars sped past me'
A male whose better half was on the flight has recalled how he saw emergency services "speeding past" as he was waiting at the airport to pick her up.
Hamaad Raza informed NBC News his wife of two years, Asra, employment had actually "texted me [and] said, 'We're landing in 20 minutes'".
" I was waiting and I started seeing a lot of EMS automobiles speeding past me ... way too lots of, [more] than typical and my texts weren't going through."
Trump makes unverified diversity drive claim
Donald Trump has actually linked a diversity drive at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under previous federal governments to the crash.
It has actually given that been said there is no proof to support the US president's claim.
Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Mr Trump suggested the diversity efforts had actually made flight less safe.
At a White House press instruction on Friday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Mr Trump had actually signed a memorandum directing an immediate assessment of FAA hiring choices made during the previous administration.
While Mr Trump's claim appears to have actually been exposed, there are concerns over staffing at Reagan Washington National .
NBC News reported staffing in the air traffic control tower was "not regular", according to an initial FAA report.
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