American Airlines plane wreckage hoisted out of river with a crane

Pieces of the American Airlines plane that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter were lifted out of the Potomac River using a red crane.

Salvage crews pulled an engine and other fuselage of the passenger jet on Monday morning, five days after the crash that killed 67 people. They worked to retrieve a wing of the regional jet.

The operation to pull out the plane is expected to span a few days, and crews will then be able to work to take out the military helicopter.

As of Monday, bodies of 55 of the victims have been found.

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