DC plane crash latest: Families visit crash site as officials yet to find bodies of 12 victims
Families of victims of the deadliest US air disaster in nearly 25 years visited the crash site just outside Washington DC.
Dozens of people walked along the banks of the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport, close to where 67 people died in a mid-air collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet.
Crews have recovered and identified the bodies of 55 victims in the deadly aircraft collision, the officials said. Fire chief John Donnelly said divers still need to find the bodies of 12 victims and are committed to the dignified recovery of remains as they prepare to lift wreckage from the Potomac as early as Monday.
Meanwhile, the US Army has identified the third pilot of the Black Hawk Helicopter as Captain Rebecca M Lobach, 28, from North Carolina.
In a statement, her family said: “We are devastated by the loss of our beloved Rebecca. She was a bright star in all our lives. She was kind, generous, brilliant, funny, ambitious and strong. No one dreamed bigger or worked harder to achieve her goals.”
