‘Heartbreaking’ search for those killed in DC aircraft collision takes its toll

Manila Bulletin

No one survived the Wednesday night collision between the commercial airliner and an Army helicopter. The remains of 41 people had been pulled from the river as of Friday afternoon, including 28 that had been positively identified, Washington, D.C., Fire Chief John Donnelly Sr. said at a news conference. (Video courtesy of Associated Press)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/2/1/heartbreaking-search-for-those-killed-in-dc-aircraft-collision-takes-its-toll  Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5664f6TkaeHgwBly50DWZQ/join  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00This has been a tough response for a lot of our people. We've had over 300 responders operating

00:06at one time, and I think we've got about 500 people that have worked through the site.

00:11And I want to thank again our response teams for their heroic efforts over the past

00:1530 or so hours, including the team on this site,

00:19as well as the teams that are supporting the families. This is heartbreaking work.

00:30We have recovered 41 sets of remains, and 28 of those victims have been positively identified.

00:39And as of 6 a.m. this morning, next of kin notifications have been made to 18 families.

00:46The salvage crews have begun to arrive on the scene, and they're assessing the work that's

00:51going to be needed to recover the aircraft from the water. We expect those operations to begin

00:57no later than tomorrow afternoon. Yes, we expect to recover all of the bodies. That's why our

01:03teams are still working. We're going to have to work with the salvage company to do some of that

01:08work. The airport is open and operating. We are in a reduced capacity and a reduced arrival rate

01:24due to the proximity of the recovery site. We do have two of our three runways that are closed.

01:31Airlines are resuming as much as possible normal operations. I think we have about

01:37100 flights or so canceled today. I believe for us to recover the rest of the remains

01:43that we are going to need to get the fuselage out of the water.

01:54you

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