The day after on Feburary 9, the NTSB gave an update on its progress into the search of the Potomac River for additional evidence of the crash. "...Additional larger pieces of wreckage identified by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [NOAA] TopoBathy lidar survey were recovered by the crane [from the Potomac River] and are being offloaded and brought to a secure location for

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

Jonathan Campos, Samuel Lilley, Danasia Elder and Ian Epstein, the crew who died on board American Eagle Flight 5342, have received honorary awards from their airline.

The four airline crew members killed in the midair collision with a military helicopter last month in Washington, D.C., are receiving posthumous awards in their honor, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) announced on Sunday.

The American Eagle crew on the doomed passenger jet that collided with a Black Hawk chopper over the Potomac River last month has received posthumous awards of “highest distinction” from their airline.