Photos: Boats return to the Potomac River for DC plane crash recovery and investigation
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Aircraft Down In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard via AP) (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor B/AP)
American Airlines Plane And Black Hawk Helicopter Crash Near Reagan National Airport WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: In this U.S. Coast Guard handout, the Coast Guard investigates aircraft wreckage on the Potomac River on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside of Washington, DC. According to reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people onboard both aircraft. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images) (Handout/Getty Images)
American Airlines Plane And Black Hawk Helicopter Crash Near Reagan National Airport WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: In this U.S. Coast Guard handout, the Coast Guard investigates aircraft wreckage on the Potomac River on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside of Washington, DC. According to reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people onboard both aircraft. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images) (Handout/Getty Images)
American Airlines Plane And Black Hawk Helicopter Crash Near Reagan National Airport WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: In this U.S. Coast Guard handout, the Coast Guard investigates aircraft wreckage on the Potomac River on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside of Washington, DC. According to reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people onboard both aircraft. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images) (Handout/Getty Images)
American Airlines Plane And Black Hawk Helicopter Crash Near Reagan National Airport WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 30: In this U.S. Coast Guard handout, the Coast Guard investigates aircraft wreckage after an incident with a helicopter and a commercial passenger plane on the Potomac River on January 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided midair with a military Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport outside of Washington, DC. According to reports, there were no survivors among the 67 people onboard both aircraft. (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U.S. Coast Guard via Getty Images) (Handout/Getty Images)
Aircraft Down In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard via AP) (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon/AP)
Aircraft Down In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard via AP) (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon/AP)
Aircraft Down In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard via AP) (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon/AP)
Aircraft Down In this image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, wreckage is seen in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard via AP) (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon/AP)
Aircraft Down In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, response boat crews from Coast Guard stations Washington, Curtis Bay, Annapolis, Oxford and Crisfield enforce a safety zone around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon) (Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon/AP)
Aircraft Down Police and coast guard boats are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (Jose Luis Magana/AP)