US-AVIATION-ACCIDENT

A crane removes airplane wreckage from the Potomac River, where American Airlines flight 5342 collided with a US Army military helicopter, near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on February 3, 2025. Operations to salvage the wreckage from a deadly collision between a US Army helicopter and a passenger jet continued as rescuers said 55 victims had so far been identified. Dozens of victims have been pulled from the icy Potomac River, and rescuers voiced confidence that those remaining would be retrieved in the massive operation to recover the plane that collided in midair with a Black Hawk military helicopter. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) / ALTERNATE CROP (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)