{"id":2398177,"date":"2025-02-03T09:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-plane-extraction-from-potomac-begins-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T09:25:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:25:29","slug":"american-airlines-plane-extraction-from-potomac-begins-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/american-airlines-plane-extraction-from-potomac-begins-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines plane extraction from Potomac begins &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famerican-airlines-plane-extraction-from-potomac-begins-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2398177&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Salvage operations are set to recover \u200dan American Airlines plane from the Potomac River following a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-killed-when-rv-blows-tire-crashes-head-on-into-tractor-trailer\/\" title=\"RV tire blowout causes fatal head-on collision with tractor-trailer, claiming 5 lives.\">tragic collision<\/a>\u2064 with a Black Hawk helicopter last week. All 67 individuals aboard the American \u2064Airlines Flight 5342 and the helicopter are presumed dead, with 55 bodies already identified\u200b by rescuers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/healthcare-executives-import-1000-nurses-a-month-for-american-jobs\/\" title=\"Healthcare Executives Import 1,000 Nurses a Month for American Jobs\">extraction process<\/a> is expected \u2062to\u200d take \u2064three \u2064days due to debris being carried by the river&#8217;s current.Following the plane&#8217;s recovery, efforts will \u200cshift to the Black Hawk. \u200bThe U.S. Coast Guard has established a safety zone around the recovery area, advising locals to stay \u200bclear and report any found wreckage.The incident has\u2062 also resulted in\u2063 one officer being hospitalized\u200b for a\u2064 check-up. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-recording-allegedly-shows-iranian-foreign-minister-admitting-ukrainian-flight-might-have-been-targeted\/\" title=\"Secret Recording Allegedly Shows Iranian Foreign Minister Admitting Ukrainian Flight Might Have Been Targeted\">black boxes<\/a> from both aircraft have been recovered, the cause of the crash has yet to be disclosed.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">American Airlines plane extraction from Potomac begins<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1966783\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Salvage crews will remove the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/sports\/3305896\/nancy-kerrigan-mourns-dc-plane-crash-victims-with-ties-to-her-skating-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"American Airlines plane\">American Airlines plane<\/a> from the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"American Airlines plane\">Potomac River<\/a> on Monday after it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter last week.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>All 60 passengers on American Airlines Flight 5342, the four crew members, and the three passengers of the Black Hawk Sikorsky H-60&nbsp;that collided with the plane are presumed dead. D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services have recovered and positively identified 55 bodies so far. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-disaster-passenger-plane-full-of-people-spirals-to-ground-in-fiery-crash\/\" title=\"Developing Disaster: Passenger Plane Full of People Spirals to Ground in Fiery Crash\">plane&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s extraction is expected to recover the remaining victims.<\/p>\n<p>The process is likely to take three days as the river&rsquo;s current has dragged debris down the shoreline. After the plane is recovered, crews will work to recover the Black Hawk. Equipment will remain on site until a tentative deadline of Feb. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Potomac River that is north of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge is part of a safety zone that the U.S. Coast Guard is telling locals to avoid. It remains to be seen when it will open again. They recommend that if <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">people find wreckage<\/a>, they should not touch it but call 911 instead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This recovery effort so far resulted in one Metropolitan Police officer requiring transport to a nearby hospital to receive a check-up. Crews conducted dive operations and used side-scan sonar and aerial vehicles in their search efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Black boxes from the airplane and helicopter were already recovered. Officials have not revealed the cause of the crash as of Monday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1966783\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1966783\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Airlines plane recovery from Potomac starts Monday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2398178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Potomac-River-Crane.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[35565,36784,49711,48647,32076],"class_list":["post-2398177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-american-airlines","tag-aviation-news","tag-plane-extraction","tag-potomac-river","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Potomac-River-Crane.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2398177"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2398181,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2398177\/revisions\/2398181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2398178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2398177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2398177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2398177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}