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Authorities have actually recovered 41 bodies after an airplane crash in Washington DC.

Sixty-seven individuals were eliminated when an American Airlines jet and employment a military helicopter clashed mid-air on Wednesday night. So far, 28 bodies have been identified.

Both airplane crashed into the Potomac River after the accident. Some 300 personnel were sent to the scene, however the rescue soon turned into a recovery objective as officials stated there were no survivors.

Washington crash: Follow the current updates

Federal detectives have recovered the black boxes from the passenger jet, employment while authorities were still searching for similar gadgets in the helicopter.

Meanwhile, amid concerns over how well the airport's control tower was staffed on the night of the crash, it's been verified that an air traffic control supervisor had let a controller leave their shift early.

The information, initially reported by the New york city Times, has actually been validated to Sky News' US partner NBC News by a source familiar with the investigation.

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It suggests a single controller was dealing with both airplane and helicopter traffic in the location when the 2 airplane clashed.

It is permitted - however not optimum - for one controller to do both jobs, NBC News reported.

The American Airlines jet was bring 60 passengers and 4 crew when it crashed with the Black Hawk helicopter, carrying three soldiers, shortly before 9pm local time on Wednesday.

Flight 5342 was preparing to arrive at runway 33 at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport when it clashed with the helicopter in one of the most tightly controlled airspaces worldwide.

'Em ergency cars sped past me'

A man whose spouse was on the flight has recalled how he saw emergency services "speeding past" as he was waiting at the airport to pick her up.

Hamaad Raza informed NBC News his better half of two years, Asra, had "texted me [and] said, 'We're landing in 20 minutes'".

" I was waiting and I started seeing a bunch of EMS cars speeding past me ... method a lot of, [more] than normal and my texts weren't going through."

Trump makes unproven variety drive claim

Donald Trump has connected a variety drive at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under previous federal governments to the crash.

It has given that been said there is no proof to support the US president's claim.

Speaking at the White House on Thursday, Mr Trump recommended the variety efforts had made flight less safe.

At a White House press instruction on Friday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt stated Mr Trump had signed a memorandum directing an immediate evaluation of FAA hiring decisions made during the previous administration.

While Mr Trump's claim appears to have actually been debunked, there are questions over staffing at Reagan Washington National Airport.

NBC News reported staffing in the air traffic control tower was "not regular", according to a preliminary FAA report.

The tower typically has a controller who focuses particularly on helicopter traffic - however at the time of the crash, a source said, one controller was managing both plane and employment helicopter activity.

The FAA, which manages air traffic control service in addition to accreditation of workers and airplane, lacks a permanent administrator. Its former boss Michael Whitaker stepped down on 20 January - the day of Mr Trump's inauguration.

Follow Trump 100 on your podcast app Mr Trump has actually appointed an acting administrator, Chris Rocheleau, in the wake of the crash.

Mr Whitaker had clashed with Mr Trump's confidante Elon Musk over the SpaceX rocket launches during his period at the FAA.

Since starting as head of the administration in October 2023, he was also forced to react to Boeing's safety and quality issues, employment and worked to work with more air traffic controllers due to a shortage of staff.

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At his rundown, Mr Trump blamed previous president Joe Biden for decreasing standards for air traffic controllers.

" We need to have our smartest people," he said. "They need to be naturally skilled geniuses."

Mr Trump added: "The FAA is actively hiring workers who suffer serious intellectual specials needs, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions under a diversity and addition hiring effort spelled out on the agency's site."

The American Association of People with Disabilities reacted to these claims, saying in a declaration on X: "FAA employees with disabilities did not trigger [the] tragic plane crash.

" The examination into the crash is still continuous. It is very improper for the president to use this disaster to push an anti-diversity hiring program. Doing so makes all Americans less safe."

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Mr Trump stated after being sworn in recently, he signed an executive order which "brought back the greatest requirements of air traffic controllers".

At a later rundown, he was asked if gender or race contributed. He answered: "It might have, I do not know.