New Videos More Clearly Show Helicopter Colliding With Passenger Plane

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Two new videos have emerged capturing Wednesday’s midair collision of a passenger plane with a military helicopter in Washington, D.C., offering a clearer view of the catastrophe that killed 67 people.

The videos obtained by CNN and verified by NBC News appear to show American Airlines Flight 5342 descending into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the Army Black Hawk helicopter travels straight into it.

A massive explosion results, sending both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River below.

See the videos below:

A spokesperson for the airport declined to confirm or comment to HuffPost on the footage.

Federal investigators have said that they have recovered the plane’s black boxes, which record flight data and cockpit communications, though as of Friday the helicopter’s black box remained unaccounted for.

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D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly, speaking at a press conference Friday afternoon, said 41 bodies have been recovered from the crash site and 28 of them have been positively identified. The plane’s fuselage will likely have to be removed to recover the remaining bodies.

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