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  30 Jan 2025, 19:36

Likely no survivors in Washington plane crash: fire chief

WASHINGTON, Jan 30, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - There are likely no survivors from a collision 
between a passenger jet and US Army helicopter in Washington, officials said Thursday, as 
recovery operations pulled 28 bodies from the river into which both crashed.

"At this point we don't believe there are any survivors," Washington Fire Chief John Donnelly 
told a news conference at Reagan National Airport, outside the US capital. "We are now at a 
point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation."

Donnelly said 27 bodies were recovered from the plane and one from the helicopter.