CBS has learned of the recovery of military bodies from a helicopter after the tragedy in Washington, D.C.

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two of the three crew members of the military helicopter that crashed into a passenger plane in the skies above Washington. This was reported by CBS News on February 1, citing a law enforcement source.

"A law enforcement source familiar with the rescue efforts confirmed that the bodies of two soldiers were recovered from the wreckage of the Black Hawk helicopter that collided with the plane," the publication said.

According to the interlocutor of the TV channel, the rescuers extracted the bodies of a man and a woman. The publication also recalled that the body of another, the third member of the crew of the helicopter, was found earlier this week.

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Earlier in the day, The New York Times reported that the U.S. Army was not revealing the identity of the female pilot of the military helicopter. The Army said the helicopter's crew members were "among the best." According to the newspaper, it is not yet clear what exactly prompted the pilot's family to ask that her name not be released. The NYT calls the issue of the woman's identity "particularly sensitive."

Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board in the United States, noted on January 31 that it could take a year to determine the exact cause of the crash. In addition, he said that investigators have retrieved all flight recorders (black boxes) from the crashed airplane and helicopter. According to him, the helicopter's recorders have been combined, and investigators are confident that they will also be able to get all the necessary data from them.

On the night of January 30, near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington collided passenger plane American Airlines and a military helicopter Black Hawk, after the accident they fell into the Potomac River. On board the civilian aircraft were 60 passengers and four crew members, on the helicopter - three military. US President Donald Trump reported no survivors of the plane crash in Washington, DC. According to the latest data, 41 bodies have been found, 28 of which have been identified.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that there were Russian citizens in the plane that crashed in Washington, D.C., and there were Russian figure skaters on board. According to him, the US and Russia were in contact through diplomatic channels after the airplane crash. On February 1, the Russian Embassy in Washington reported that the U.S. State Department confirmed the data on the Russians Yevgeniya Shishkova, Vadim Naumov and Inna Volyanskaya who died in the plane crash.