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D.C. plane crash efforts pivot from rescue to recovery, fire chief says

NPR | By Joel Rose,
Russell Lewis, Ayana Archie
Published January 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM PST
Emergency response units access airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport early Thursday in Arlington, Va., after an American Airlines flight from Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching the airport.
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Emergency response units access airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport early Thursday in Arlington, Va., after an American Airlines flight from Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching the airport.
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Joel Rose
Joel Rose is a correspondent on NPR's National Desk. As the network’s transportation correspondent since 2023, Rose’s reporting focuses on roadway and pedestrian safety, an air travel system under stress and how emerging technologies are changing the ways we get around.
Russell Lewis
Russell Lewis is a Deputy National Editor on NPR's National Desk.
Ayana Archie
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