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Headline: American Airlines Plane Wreckage Hoisted Out Of River With A Crane

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

Salvage crews pulled an engine and other fuselage of the passenger jet 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.

More than 300 crew members are working to remove the wreckage and two Navy barges are being used to hoist the heavy pieces at the site near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, DC.

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