All 67 people on board the plane and the helicopter were killed in the crash.
Hundreds of families are in mourning after an American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29, with both aircraft plunging into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C.
No one survived.
Sixty-four people were on board the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three soldiers were on the helicopter.
The National Transportation Safety Board released drone video filmed Thursday showing an overhead view of the downed American Airlines plane and Army Black Hawk helicopter submerged in the icy Potomac River.
Crews on Monday removed one of two plane engines and the plane fuselage from the water, and have started removing a wing, an Army official said.
They hope to finish recovery of the plane over the next 24 hours, the official said.
Crews plan to recover the cockpit on Tuesday, but winds may impact their work, the official said.
Fifty-five sets of remains have been positively identified, D.C. Fire and EMS Assistant Chief Gary Steen said.
Some human remains were found during Monday’s operations; these and previously recovered remains are in the process of being positively identified, Steen said.
Officials believe more remains are within the wreckage, Steen said.
Two Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority employees were arrested in connection with a leaked CNN exclusive surveillance video showing the plane and helicopter collision.
The employees were charged with computer trespass for allegedly making an unauthorized copy of Airports Authority records.
-ABC News’ Sam Sweeney
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Baltimore district shared two images of the wreckage removal at the Potomac River.
Both images show the jet engine from American Airlines Flight 5342 being pulled out of the Potomac on a crane.
-ABC News’ Ayesha Ali
