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.
“Tomorrow there’ll be some lifting operations on the wreckage that’s in the water,“ he told a briefing Sunday.
Some 200 vessels were involved with the recovery and salvage efforts, the Coast Guard said.
‘Staffing shortages’
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is expected to compile a preliminary report within 30 days, although a full investigation could take a year.
US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that staffing shortages had long been a problem for air traffic control, vowing to improve the situation.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly tied the causes of the crash and staffing shortages to diversity, equity and inclusion policies, attributing them without evidence and before the formal crash investigation has concluded.
The Washington disaster, among the most deadly in decades, was followed closely by the crash of a medical plane into a busy Philadelphia neighborhood, killing a young Mexican girl aboard, her mother, the crew, as well as a bystander on the ground Friday.
On Sunday, a United Airlines flight from Houston to New York was evacuated after an engine ran into difficulty before takeoff, the Federal Aviation Administration reported.
Fire crews were scrambled and nobody was injured, the Houston Fire Department said.
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