American Airlines plane crash: Audio reveals what happened before, during, and after

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Monica Pop
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Chilling moments before, during, and after the deadly mid-air collision between American Airlines jet and US Army Black Hawk helicopter captured in a newly released air traffic control audio.

The tragic accident that happened on Wednesday, January 29, and forced the aircrafts to plummet into the icy Potomac River, led to a mission of retrieving the bodies.

On January 31, two days after the tragic crash, the US Army issued a statement on their website. They wrote that the United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed “while performing a training mission near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.”

Mayor Muriel Bowser at a press conference on the rescue efforts/ Getty Images

The audio captured by the air traffic control revealed an air traffic controller asking the helicopter crew, “PAT 2-5 do you have the CRJ in sight?”

Moments later, the controller instructed, “PAT 2-5 pass behind the CRJ.”

The Black Hawk helicopter confirmed seeing the American Airlines jet. “PAT 2-5 has aircraft in sight, request visual separation.”

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Within 13 seconds, the tower’s audio recorded gasps, including a loud “oooh” as the crash happened. The controller then alerted another pilot of the disaster that unfolded.

“I don’t know if you caught earlier what happened, but there was a collision on the approach end of 3-3. We are going to be shutting down operations for the indefinite future if you want to go back to the gate. Highly suggest you guys coordinate with the company. Let me know what you want to do,” the controller stated.

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As per the CNN, a pilot who witnessed the collision was recorded telling the air traffic control, “Yeah, we were on short final, and we saw flares from the opposite side of the Potomac.”

An approach controller added, “Apparently both aircraft involved are in the river, a search and rescue will be ongoing.”

Another air traffic controller then redirected all aircraft heading to Runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to go around.

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“Crash, crash, crash, this is an alert three,” the audio shows a controller warnings.

“Both the helicopter and the plane crashed in the river,” a third air traffic controller said.

“It was probably out in the middle of the river. I just saw a fireball and then it was just gone. I haven’t seen anything since they hit the river. But it was a CRJ and a helicopter that hit.”

President Trump commented on the American Airlines crash and questioned if it was something that could be “prevented.”

“The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport,” he wrote on his social media site Truth Social. “The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time.

“It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”

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Father caught on TV killing man who molested his son

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When Jody Plauché was a 10-year-old boy, his parents sent him to karate lessons. The coach, Jeff Doucet, was a good friend of Jody’s father, Gary Plauché.

The parents believed Jody would learn an essential life skill, however, they could never imagine that the time spent at karate lessons would turn into the worst period of the boy’s life and would change the course of his family’s life forever.

Jeff molested Jody and he eventually kidnapped him and took him away to Port Arthur, Texas, and then to Los Angeles, before police tracked him down a week later.

Jeffrey Doucet/ Orange County Sheriff

“It was over several months before he ever started to do anything, and he had already been testing the boundaries,” Jody recalled later as an adult. “He had begun the grooming process, not just on me but my family. Pedophiles are very good at what they do. One of the things they’ll do with the grooming is test the child’s boundaries.”

He then continued: “Jeff would go, ‘We need to stretch,’ so he’d be touching around my legs. That way, if he grabbed my private area, he could say, ‘It was an accident; we were just trying to stretch.’ Or, if we were driving a car, he’d put his hand in my lap and might go, ‘Oh, I didn’t mean to. I didn’t realize my hands were there.’ That’s that slow, gradual seduction.”

One person who couldn’t get over what happened to Jody was his father Gary. He couldn’t possibly imagine letting Jeff live after everything he had done to his son so he decided to take matters into his on hands.

On February 19, 1984, Gary put on a baseball cap and sunglasses and headed towards the Baton Rouge Metro Airport in Louisiana because he knew his son’s rapist would walk out the doors at that time. Gary was speaking on the phone with someone, probably a friend of his named Jimmy, and whispered on the phone: “Here he comes. You’re about to hear a shot.”

Gary took out his gun and shot Jeff in the ear, killing him at the spot. The entire incident was caught on camera by reporters who were covering the story at the time.

Deputy Mike Barnett, who recognized Gary Plauché said “Why, Gary? Gary, why?” seconds after television cameras recorded the shooting.

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Years after the killing, Jody opened up about what his father had done and said: “After the shooting happened, I was very upset with what my father did. I did not want Jeff killed. I felt like he was going to go to jail, and that was enough for me,” as reported by The Advocate.

“My dad was absolutely too extreme. He used to tell people, ‘If anybody ever touches my kid, I’ll kill him.’ I knew he wasn’t kidding. That’s why I couldn’t tell anybody. And that’s exactly what he ended up doing,” Jody told ESPN.

Gary was sent to court and was sentenced to five years of probation. Except for the time while he was waiting for his trial, Gary didn’t spent time in prison.

In an interview with Yahoo, when asked if he had any regrets for killing his son’s rapist, Gary answered: “No regrets.”

Jody, who is now in his 40s, released a book titled Why Gary Why? in which he writes how parents could protect their children. He also works as a sexual assault counselor.

“It is what it is,” Jody said. “I’ve embraced who I am and what I’ve gone through. That’s why I wrote the book. Again, it’s not about me or what Daddy did. It’s about educating and helping other people.”

Gary Plauché passed away in 2014.

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The heartbreaking last words of a pilot who allowed his kids fly before the crash

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Monica Pop
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Most crashes happen because of human negligence. When we board a plane, we put the safety of our lives in the hands of the pilot and hope they would do their job just perfectly.

The truth is that over the years the world witnessed horrific plane crashes that could be easily avoided had it not been for the mistakes made by the pilots.

Aeroflot Flight 593, 1994

The tragic crash of this plane happened on March 23, 1994, during an Aeroflot flight travelling from Moscow to Kong Kong. The number of people killed was 75 – every person on board – when the plane crashed down in Siberia.

It was later determined that the cause of the crash was the decision made by the relief pilot, second in command to the co-pilot, Yaroslav Kudrinsky, to invite his children to play with the plane’s controls.

Yana, 12, and Eldar, 15, were at the cockpit and allowed to sit in the captain’s chair. They played with the controls while they were disabled since the plane was in autopilot mode. But when Eldar held the control column down for a full 30 seconds, it forced the system back into manual.

When the captain and the co-pilots realized what happened and tried to take over the control, it was already too late. The Airbus A310, unable to withstand the force, began to lose altitude rapidly.

Panicking, Yaroslav told his children to leave the cockpit. “Go to the back! Go to the back, Eldar!” he shouted. “You see the danger, don’t you?”

The black box recording showed the fear in Yaroslav’s voice as he could be heard saying, “Get out now! All is normal.” However, regaining control over the aircraft was impossible at that point.

The plane crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range.

TransAsia Airways Flight 235, 2015

It was in February 2015 when TransAsia Airways Flight 235 tragically collided with a highway bridge in Taiwan before plunging into the Keelung River.

The accident happened shortly after the plane took off from Taipei’s Songshan Airport.

The cause of the tragic accident that claimed the lives of 48 people was that one of the engines lost power and the pilot accidentally switched off the only other working engine by pulling the wrong shuttle. Fifteen of the passengers on board survived.

“Wow, pulled back the wrong side throttle,” were the pilot’s final words.

Tuninter Flight 1153, 2009

After the plane flying for Bari, Italy, from Djerba, Tunisia ran out of fuel because of a mechanical error, the pilot and the co-pilot prayed instead of putting emergency procedures into place. As a result, the plane crashed into the Mediterranean Sea.

A couple of years later, the pilot and the co-pilot were found guilty over the death of sixteen passengers on their flight and were sentenced to 10 years in prison.

As per the Guardian, the pilot, Captain Shafik Al Gharbi, was heard calling for the help of “Allah and Muhammad his prophet.”

Evidence showed that the crew did try to regain control over the plane, but they ultimately panicked and let the crash to take place. 23 of the passengers survived after being pulled out of the water.

KLM and Pan Am collision

One of the deadliest accidents in the history of aviation occurred in March 1977. Two Boeing 747s – KLM Flight 1736 and Pan Am Flight 1736 – smashed into one another at Tenerife Airport.

This horrific accident resulted in the deaths of 583 people.

The reason that led to this tragedy was miscommunication between the KLM flight crew and Air Traffic Control.

While the Pan Am plane still being on the runway, the KLM plane attempted takeoff. Dense fog obscured visibility, preventing both aircraft from seeing each other.

Airblue Flight 202, Islamabad

On July 28, 2010, this domestic passenger flight crashed near Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. It resulted in the deaths of all 146 passengers and six crew members.

It is believed that this tragedy could have been avoided had the co-pilot questioned the repeated errors of the pilot.

As per the Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority, the co-pilot had endured humiliation from his superior throughout the flight, leading to a loss of self-esteem.

The captain’s behavior towards the co-pilot was “harsh and snobbish.” He even disregarded the weather warnings from Air Traffic Control. Unfortunately, the co-pilot failed to challenge the captain as the situation unfolded. Struggling against severe monsoon weather, the captain succumbed to panic. Ultimately, he lost control of the aircraft, with the co-pilot failing to intervene. This resulted in the plane crashing into the Margalla Hills.

Air Florida Flight 90, 1982

The many errors, including the one of failing to switch on the de-icing system, led the Air Florida Flight 90, from Washington DC to Florida’s Fort Lauderdale, end with a crash into the Potomac River, killing 74 people.

Taking off in a snowstorm, the crew initially attempted to address ice buildup by employing a misguided technique of using reverse thrust, rather than returning to the gate for proper de-icing procedures. Further, they failed to abort the takeoff despite detecting a power issue.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, 1972

It was four days after Christmas in 1972 when an Eastern Airlines Tristar jet crashed into the Florida Everglades. The pilot and co-pilot were distracted by a burnt-out bulb towards the end of the flight from New York’s JFK to Miami. While they were busy investigating the broken landing gear indicator light, someone accidentally bumped a lever which deactivated the plane’s autopilot mode.

They realized they were losing altitude too late to do anything.

In the tragic crash, 101 people, including the captain, lost their lives. The number of survivors was 75.

The fact that these tragedies could be avoided saddens us even more.

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Expert claims Prince Harry has himself to blame for ‘US exile’

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Monica Pop
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It’s been five years since Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, made the decision to step down from their royal duties and leave Britain behind. The couple settled in sunny California where they live with their two children, Archie and Lili, who recently received the titles of prince and princess.

However, as time passes by, people close to the Duke claim he’s missing his old life, thus he’s planning on buying a home in the UK.

The issue is that he’s potential return to his homeland would mean him traveling there all by himself, since Meghan has said publicly that her children going to the UK would impose a security risk since the family is not provided security. This comes as a result of the fact that neither Harry nor Meghan are working royal members.

Last year, Prince Harry disputed the Home Office’s decision to cut his security protection while he was in the UK.

LONDON, ENGLAND – APRIL 04: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend the “Our Planet” global premiere the at the Natural History Museum on April 04, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by John Phillips/Getty Images)

Following his departure from royal life, the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (RAVEC) withdrew his automatic police protection. Additionally, they rejected his offer to pay for his own security because private individuals cannot hire British police.

“It was with great sadness for both of us that my wife and I felt forced to step back from this role and leave the country in 2020,” said Harry’s statement, read by his lawyer Shaheed Fatima KC stated, as reported by BBC.

“The UK is my home. The UK is central to the heritage of my children and a place I want them to feel at home as much as where they live at the moment in the US. That cannot happen if it’s not possible to keep them safe when they are on UK soil.”

As per the Daily Beast, Harry forces his father to use his influence to secure increased security for his family when visiting the UK. However, a source close to the ruling monarch said it would be “wholly inappropriate” for Charles to challenge a government decision.

The question of police protection deepened the rift between the Duke and his father.

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Sadly, the refusal of Harry and Meghan to travel to UK means their children not being able to get to know his father’s side of the family, including their grandfather, their uncle, and their cousins.

According to many, Prince Harry tends to portray himself a victim. However, royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams believes the Duke has forced himself in “US exile” himself.

“Harry is in exile – he chose it,” he told Fox News. “It’s lonely, and he will undoubtedly miss his friends and family. There is no sign whatsoever of the rift in the Royal Family healing. King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales have, to put it mildly, other priorities.

“I think Meghan is undoubtedly the dominant person in their relationship,” he added. “I don’t doubt he wishes they had managed to arrange a half-in, half-out arrangement [with the Royal Family], especially as his military links meant so much to him.”

British broadcaster Helana Chard believes that after publishing his all-tell memoir, Spare, there’s no going back for Harry.

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“A self-assured, self-titled, angry Prince Harry thought it was completely OK to publicly verbally annihilate his family,” Chard said. “It is said he was naïve and didn’t realize it would upset his family. . . . He didn’t realize that his actions would cause such a fallout with his family and the public.”

According to Chard, Harry has shown “signs of paranoid upset” and gradually distanced himself from close friends he considered insufficiently woke or those he accused of leaking stories to the press.

“He is socially awkward when it comes to developing new and meaningful relationships,” she concluded. “He was heavily sheltered growing up and developed his best friendships in school. But those people are hundreds of miles away, in different time zones, and focused on their own young families.”

The relationship between Harry and the rest of the royals, especially his brother William, remains strained.

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Why US Army won’t publicly identify Black Hawk pilot killed in American Airline plane collision

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The mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter is believed to have left 67 people dead. While the US Army disclosed the names of two of the military members who were onboard the helicopter, they won’t publicly identify the name of the third pilot.

On January 31, two days after the tragic crash, the US Army issued a statement on their website. They wrote that the United States Army UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed “while performing a training mission near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.”

Further, it explained that “the UH-60 helicopter from the 12th Aviation Battalion, Davison Army Airfield, Fort Belvoir, Va., collided in midair with an American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet Flight 5342 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.”

The U.S. Army has identified one of the military members involved in the crash as Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara, 28, from Lilburn, Georgia

The other pilot, whose body has not yet been recovered, therefore is duty status-whereabouts unknown (DUSTWUN), is identified as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves, 39, of Great Mills, Maryland.

As of the third crew member of the US Army helicopter that plummeted into the Potomac River, the identity remains undisclosed at the request of the family.

“That pilot is also DUSTWUN,” the army said.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Andrew Loyd Eaves/ US Army

The tragic crash remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the US Army and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

“The NTSB will lead the investigation. We are working with local officials and will provide any additional information once it becomes available,” the US Army stated.

As per the New York Post, the third Black Hawk pilot, whose identity remains unknown, was female.

Citing Jonathan Koziol, chief of staff of the army’s aviation directorate, the Telegraph reported that the unidentified military member was an experienced pilot with over 500 hours of flight time.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Austin O’Hara/ US Army

The decision by the Army not to reveal the name of the third pilot flying the Black Hawk caused a stir among the public. Many question if there is more to the story than what they present to the people.

As per Newsweek, Kyle Becker, “Independent thinker,” wrote on X: “‘At the request of the family, the name of the third Soldier will not be released at this time.’ The U.S. Army is still declining to release the name of the female Blackhawk helicopter pilot at the family’s request. This is extremely odd. It is only going to fuel more suspicion that military policies may have played a role in the crash.

“The public seems to have a right to know in this case, since the story has become a national policy matter. Do you believe the Army should release the name of the pilot?”

Conservative country singer John Rich questioned on X about the reason the White House is withholding the name of the Blackhawk pilot.

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The full royal family line of succession is unveiled as Princess Beatrice’s new baby brings significant changes

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The birth of baby Athena, Princess Beatrice’s second daughter, led to a shift in the line of succession to the British throne.

The princess and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi welcomed their daughter on January 22.

Little Athena was born a few weeks prematurely, weighting 4lb 5oz.

Before the proud parents shared the first photo of their bundle of joy, the Palace shared the wonderful news.

“Their Majesties The King and Queen and other members of the royal family have all been informed and are delighted with the news,” the Palace stated.

The Palace announced Princess Beatrice’s pregnancy back in October. She was expected to give birth in early spring. Luckily, both she and her mom are now home and feeling well.

Baby Athena will not receive a royal title from King Charles, as only the grandchildren of a male successor automatically inherit titles in the United Kingdom. Princess Beatrice received hers through her father, Prince Andrew. For the same reason, Harry’s children, Archie and Lili, became a prince and princess once their grandfather ascended the throne.

The new addition to the royal family will still hold a royal title, but that’s thanks to her father, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, who is an Italian count. Baby Athena could claim the title of nobile donna.

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Her birth made a shift in the line of succession.

Currently, Princess Beatrice is 9th in line to the throne, and her older daughter, Sienna Mapelli Mozzi comes in 10th. Baby Athena now comes in 11th, a place held by her aunt Princess Eugene until Athena’s birth.

With that, Princess Eugene’s children, August and Ernest, come in 13th and 14th respectively.

First in line of succession is Prince William, who received the title of Prince of Wales following the passing of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.

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His eldest son, Prince George is second, and daughter Charlotte and son Louis are 3rd and 4th.

During her reign of 70 years, late Queen Elizabeth implemented a significant change to the line of succession. Before the Succession to the Crown Act 2013, the eldest sons took precedence in the order of succession.

However, under the new rules, a female royal’s position in line is no longer displaced by the birth of a younger brother.

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Despite stepping back from his royal duties and leaving Britain for the States, Prince Harry is on the fifth place in line of succession to the British throne. His children are next on the list.

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New clues from American Airlines crash reveals grim details about the possible cause of the tragic incident

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The number of people believed to have lost their lives in the deadliest US air crash in recent years is 67. Their families are looking for answers and plead to know what was the cause that led the American Airlines jet to collide mid-air with the US Army Black Hawk helicopter.

The American Airlines Flight 5342 was coming in to land at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington D.C, when the tragic crash took place. Both aircrafts plummeted into the Potomac River, whose icy water makes the search mission difficult.

Currently, the investigation regarding the circumstances leading to the crash is ongoing.

The moment of the crash captured on a video/ @X

However, a full investigation will likely take months to conduct. Investigators will need to make a thorough analysis of the plane’s black boxes and flight data, as well as to conduct interviews with the Air Traffic Control employees, thus they said they won’t be making any speculations at this point.

Nevertheless, The New York Times published a preliminary report from the FAA.

According to it, the number of controllers in charge of the air space around Reagan Washington is at least two. Sadly, on the night of the tragic crash, the supervisor in charge let one of the controllers leave, leaving just one traffic controller on the job.

As per the publication, the FAA suggests staffing at the time was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic.”

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Several federal agencies had previously brought up the issue with the lack of traffic controllers. They claimed the expected shifts of 10 hours a day, six days a week, would leave those doing the important job severely fatigued.

President Trump commented on the American Airlines crash and questioned if it was something that could be “prevented.”

“The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport,” he wrote on his social media site Truth Social. “The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time.

“It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!”

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American Eagle pilot Jonathan Campos’ heartbreaking final words to his family before boarding the plane involved in the DC accident

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Pilot Jonathan Campos, one of the two pilots of the American Airlines jet that collided mid-air with a US Army helicopter on January 29 had a heartbreaking final conversation with his family before the tragedy struck.

Campos’ heartbroken uncle, John Lane, described the pilot as “such a good kid.”

“I spoke to him as he was boarding the plane. We spoke for 10 minutes. I can’t believe it. He sounded really happy,” Lane recalled.

“He was looking forward to going on a cruise next week on the Icon of the Seas, the cruise ship. Ten family members were going to fly to Florida to take the trip with him. It was going to be a big celebration.”

Pilot Jonathan Campos/ Facebook

“He loved flying, it was his dream. He was living his dream.” Lane added: He played with toy planes when he was a kid. He wanted to qualify to fly bigger planes. We’re just sick right now. His mother isn’t doing well.”

Campos graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida, in 2015 where he studied Aeronautical Science.

“I think he wanted to be free, and be able to fly and soar like a bird,” his aunt, Beverly Lane told The New York Times.

The Academy paid tribute to Campos. “We are heartbroken to learn that Jonathan Campos was a pilot aboard the PSA Airlines flight involved in the tragic accident last night in Washington, D.C. Jonathan earned his Certified Flight Instructor rating with us and served as a valued flight instructor here.”

“He was a skilled and dedicated pilot with an undeniable passion for flying. Our deepest condolences go out to Jonathan’s family, friends, and all those who lost their lives or were impacted by this devastating tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this incredibly difficult time.”

The father of the other pilot on the plane, Sam Lilley, that crashed and plummeted into the Potomac River, said he didn’t think his son could have been involved in the accident when he heard there was a crash.

Pilot Sam Lilley/ Fox 26

Lilley, 29, who was months away from getting a promotion to a captain, worked for the American Airlines for two years. He followed into his father’s footsteps who had served in the army for 20 years as a helicopter pilot.

As per reports, the number of bodies recovered at this point is 40. The icy waters of the river made the mission difficult.

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