Recovery efforts are ongoing following the tragic Wednesday night mid-air collision between a military H-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a PSA-operated CRJ700 near Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Washington, D.C.
Friday afternoon, there were two press conferences held by officials: the first from EMS/first responders and the second by the National Transportation Safety Board.
Following is a brief summation of the information shared by authorities at the press conferences:
EMS/First Responders
Per John Donnelly – DC Fire EMS Chief:
- The NTSB is leading the investigation.
- Overnight, EMS continued search operations.
- Coast Guard cutters are now on-site to assist.
- They have recovered 41 sets of remains; 28 have been positively identified, and next-of-kin notifications have been made to 18 families.
- Search teams will continue to work the site using sonar scanning and…
