What appears to be an aircraft engine belonging to American Airlines Flight 5432 was lifted out of the Potomac River on Monday morning, beginning the complex job of removing the last of the wreckage after a military helicopter collided with it and crashed last Wednesday.

Crews working on recovery efforts for the D.C. plane crash are using a crane to lift segments of the American Airlines jet out of the Potomac River.

Officials said the bodies of several victims remain in the plane's fuselage and their "dignified" removal is a main priority.

Crews were on scene on the Potomac River on Monday to retrieve the submerged wreckage of an airliner and an Army helicopter that collided midair last week in the deadliest US air disaster since 2001.

Salvage workers removed an engine and the fuselage of the passenger jet that crashed into the river last week after colliding with a U.S. Army helicopter.

Crews have begun removing wreckage from the Potomac River from the deadly midair collision last week that killed 67 people. Col. Francis B.

Salvage crews are stating to lift debris out of the Potomac River days after a fiery crash involving an Army helicopter and American Airlines jet.