NYT reported on the start of work to lift the plane wreckage in Washington, DC

In the United States, rescuers began to lift from the water wreckage of the plane, which collided with a helicopter over Washington, the operation will take about three days. This is reported by The New York Times on February 3.

"Rescue crews began lifting the wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 from the bottom of the Potomac River in Washington on Monday morning. This marked the beginning of an operation that was expected to take three days," the statement said.

It is specified that a special crane was installed in the middle of the river, he has already lifted out of the water, presumably one of the engines of the plane.

The publication also added that after lifting from the river, the plane will be taken to a hangar for study during the investigation of the crash.

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On the night of January 30, near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., an American Airlines passenger jet and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided and fell into the Potomac River after the crash. On board the civilian aircraft were 60 passengers and four crew members, on the helicopter - three military. US President Donald Trump reported the absence of survivors in the airplane crash in Washington.

On February 1, it became known that the bodies of three crew members of the military helicopter were recovered. There were three military personnel in the helicopter: sergeant Ryan Austin O'Hara, petty officer Andrew Loyd Ives and captain Rebecca Lobach. Later, on February 2, the U.S. was able to identify the bodies of 55 victims of the plane crash.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that there were Russian citizens in the plane that crashed in Washington, D.C., and Russian figure skaters were 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.