Aviation expert Mike Coffield discusses the process of response and investigation after a collision between the regional airline and the helicopter Army Black Hawk.
President Donald Trump He said on Thursday that the White House in coordination with American Airlines will release the names of the victims of a deadly plane near Washington, DC
“They are a group of people who have lost their lives. If you want a list of names, we can give you that we will give it very soon in coordination with American Airlines,” Trump told reporters during Thursday's press conference.
Trump did not specify when the names would be published.
Thursday night, the authorities gained at least 28 bodies from the Songeac River after Years American Airlines – carried 60 passengers and four crew members – and a military helicopter collided near Washington, DC
Investigators of DC crash for reviewing communication between 2 aircraft: Senator
Victims identified in the DC crash, which concerned the American Airlines and a military helicopter. (Getty Images)
The army said Fox News Digital that Black Hawk UH-60, bearing three soldiers, was “from Bravo Company, 12th air battalion, from Davison Army Airport, Fort Belvoir” and performed “training flight”.
One of the soldiers was identified as the main officer 2 Andrew Eaves.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves and the wife of Eaves, Carrie, confirmed the loss of social media on Thursday evening.
“I'm sure you all heard news about the tragedy that occurred in DC,” wrote Carrie Eaves on Facebook. “My husband was one of the pilots in the black hawk. We ask you to pray for our family and friends and for all the other families that suffer today. ”
Pilot Sam Lilley, a 28 -year -old man to serve as the first officer on the American Airlines Flight 5342 and the stewardess Ian Epstein, were also identified by family members.
The American Airlines has not yet confirmed the identity of Lilley or Epstein and has not responded to Fox Business's request to express the names of the victims of flight 5342.
Fox News Digital reported Flight 5342 passengers Wendy Shaffer, the mother of two small children, died in the accident.
Skating in Boston announced on Thursday that six of its members, including Jinna Han and Spencer Lane skaters – and their mothers, died in the wreck.
Russian figure skater Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov, They competed at several Olympic Games and the medal for multiple world championships, according to the Kremlin, were also among those on board the American Airlines.
Units for reaction to emergency situations search the American Airlines Aircraft crash on the Potoac River after the plane crashed on Wednesday evening when accessing the National Airport Reagan in Arlington, Virginia. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Loudoun County's Public School in Ashburn, Virginia, said that some of his former students were on flight, and in Virginia in Virginia they wrote in their web site that three students and six parents in the district were killed in the accident.
“This unimaginable loss deeply influenced our community and we learned that several victims were former LCPS students. Many other loud families have also been influenced, and we are expanding the deepest condolences to all those who, as a result of this as a result, as a result, as a result, as a result, as a result, as a result, as a result This was possible. Tragedy, ”said Superintendent Aaron Spence.
While it was not confirmed, the United Association of Journeymen and the apprentices of the plumbing and pipelines of the United States and Canada (UA) stated that five of its members were on board and Fowl Plains Hunting Club in Velký Bend, Kansas wrote that seven wrote seven clients died in the wreck.
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Fox Business will update the story with a list of names when they are released.
