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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Searchers have now moved into recovery mode

following last night's mid-air collision between an Army helicopter and an American Airlines flight that claimed the

lives of all 67 people aboard both aircraft for their complicating efforts, the fact the

wreckage of the aircraft have ended up in the icy waters of the Potomac River.

And T.S.B Chair, Jennifer Homondee, says it may be sometime before details of what caused

the crash are known. We have not recovered the flight data recorders yet.

We know they're there.

They are underwater.

This is not unusual for the NTSB.

We have many times recovered flight data recorders in water.

Officials say they've recovered the bodies of 28 crash victims. The plane was on

final approach when the Black Hawk helicopter apparently flew into its path. Among those on board

the regional jet from Wichita, Kansas were athletes and coaches returning from the U.S. figure skating

championships. Near mid-air collisions near Reagan International Airport have been reported before

and often involved

military helicopters. NPR's Robert Benacossa has more.

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