DC plane crash updates: Remains of 55 victims recovered and positively identified

NTSB investigator J. Todd Inman said the Black Hawk was flying at an altitude of 325 feet at the time of the collision, based on the preliminary data they have collected.

The tower cab data showed 200 feet near the time of the accident, according to Inman. There is a 200-foot ceiling for helicopters in that corridor above the Potomac River.

The investigator said more info needs to be collected to determine the discrepancy.

J. Todd Inman, an NTSB investigator said there were five air traffic controllers working at the tower during the time of the collision.

At this time NTSB has interviewed three of the five employees and plans to interview the other two members by Monday, he said.

"This is a controller's worst nightmare,' he said. "These interviews take a long time."

The Army identified the third soldier on the Black Hawk helicopter as Capt. Rebecca M. Lobach.

Lobach served as an aviation officer (15A) in the Army from July 2019 to January 2025 and had no deployments. She was assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion, Ft Belvoir, Virginia.

-ABC News' Luis Martinez

Unified Command provided an update Saturday afternoon on its recovery and salvage operations in the Potomac River.

"The Black Hawk helicopter was briefly stabilized with a crane to assist in recovery efforts, however, it has not been removed from the water," it said in a statement.

No wreckage is expected to be raised for the rest of the day, according to Unified Command.

Additionally, officials said 42 sets of remains and 38 have been positively identified by the DC Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

-ABC News' Victor Ordonez