Investigators have recovered two black boxes from the wreckage of doomed American Airlines Flight 5342.
A flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were pulled from the Potomac River in Washington DC on Thursday, hours after the plane collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter.
Authorities released images late Thursday night revealing the black boxes are now under evaluation at labs to help learn more about the plane’s tragic final flight
Sixty passengers, four crew, and three US Army personnel are believed to be dead after the collision 400ft over the Potomac River.
The American Airlines plane smashed into a US Army Black Hawk helicopter as it came into land at Reagan National Airport just before 9pm on Wednesday.
Passengers aboard Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, included members of the US figure skating team who were returning from the US Figure Skating Championships.
The aircraft collided in a huge fireball that was visible on dashcams of cars driving on highways that snake past the airport, and crashed into the river.
I thought the helicopter ran into the back of the plane???
Yeah right 8:56, the helicopter was approaching the runway for a landing also.
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