With the continued recovery efforts on the Botomac River after the air collision between the army helicopter and US Airways aircraft On Wednesday night, a submarine in Virginia and firefighters shed light on the challenges that divers in cold water might face.
A total of 64 people, including passengers and airline members, were on the 5342 plane from Witchita To the National Airport (DCA). There were three soldiers who were performing a training operation on the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk army, which came from Fort Balfar in Virginia.
All 67 people on board the plane are assumed. From Friday noon, the authorities said they have recovered 41 groups of remains and set 28 of these victims.
“This is incredibly unusual. As you know, we are trained and always ready to respond to the call … when the diving call comes. But this usually includes one victim. On rare occasions, a couple of victims,” the firefighters and diver said with a team Scuba Rescue at Chesterfield Fire & Ems, for Fox News Digital.
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Emergency response units examined the US Airways crash site on the Botomac River after the plane crashed based on the approach of Rigan National Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. A military helicopter collided with the plane on Wednesday. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
“But there is something of this size, as you know, that you have 67 people, along with two planes and all the debris, it is incredible in an incredible way. It is something that none of them can predict.”
Crocate believes that the task of recovery may be in the past weeks, yet it hopes that all victims will be calculated in the next few days.
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“Obviously, they are making good progress in a short period of time. But I am sure Crocate said.
“Once this is completed, then recovers The two planes After that, he also found the largest amount of debris of the collision they can in the river. “
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The FBI agents stand near the debris, after the Black Hawk helicopter collided with the 5342 US Airways flight while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and crashed into the Botomac River, in Arlington, Virginia, on January 30, 2025. (Kevin Lamark/Reuters)
Crocate said that divers are likely to face many Challenges in the Botomac RiverWith the largest water vision.
“It will be zero or near zero is that they will dive, and therefore the search for small parts of a plane in this type of vision will be a great challenge … the water here, the lakes, the ponds and the ponds and said:” When you enter, it is dark. ” It depends 100 % on touch, and in your training, you return to your training to do accurate search patterns, so that you do not miss anything. You just touch everything you can get, feel it and feel it try to identify it. “
Without the ability to see in a large group of water, Crochet explained that some technology such as sonar can help divers discover large objects under the water but added that there are restrictions.
“At the end of the day, all technology gives you a place to search for it,” he said. “Someone will have to go there to still recover, to check that this is something related.”
Crochet pointed out that the river temperature may also be an obstacle to divers during the recovery mission.
He said: “The water temperature is especially higher than freezing, which is, as you know, it will be completely unarmed without jumping without, as you know, without the appropriate diving allowances.” “Even with appropriate personal protection equipment, you can only stay in this water for a long time before you start losing ingenuity in your hands, which will affect the search.”
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Crochet said that there is no “not telling” any extent to which debris may reach.
He said: “Botomac is enormous, as you know, where they are, walking hundreds of miles away from the way to the Chessabic Bay.” “It is a river, so it has a current … and this is another factor for divers who enter.”
Crocate explained this The current river It may be an important factor for several reasons, including divers who need to fight the current “fatigue” and feel a result, and the water may flow on the remains of the victims and debris.
“They have a really big job, and that is why I think this will be for weeks, because in order to be accurate, they will be up and down in this river for miles looking,” he said.
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Search and rescue efforts are seen on a wreckage location in the Botomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, January 30, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. (Carolyn throw/AP image)
What started originally as an effort to search and rescue. There were no survivors.
“Once it turns into a recovery task … Our goal is to provide this closure,” he said, adding that the families of the victims “must be able to bury their loved ones properly, sadness and mourning in an appropriate way.”
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Crochet added that if his team is called to help recovery efforts, they will be ready to challenge, “Crocate added.
“The first respondent family is huge and everyone is always ready,” he said.
Audrey Consclin and Greg Norman contributed to Fox News.
