All major pieces of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) RJ Aviation (Bombardier) CRJ700 and the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk involved in the January 29 mid-air collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport have now been recovered, said the US National Transportation Safety Board.
The wreckage has been moved to a secure airport facility for further examination and documentation.
Investigators will be looking for witness marks on the aircraft that could provide clues to the angle of collision. Teams also recovered the CRJ’s traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) and retrieved additional avionics from the Black Hawk.
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration TopoBathy lidar survey from a manned NOAA aircraft was conducted Saturday morning and identified multiple underwater targets that they said could be additional aircraft debris.
Divers investigated those targets today and will continue that work this week.
The plane and helicopter collided midair over the Potomac River at 20:47 on January 29, 2025.