Major wreckage of American Airlines Flight 5342 and the Black Hawk army helicopter that collided over the Potomac River last week has been removed.

Recovery crews have been hard at work doing rehearsals to prepare for Monday morning, when they will lift the wreckage of the plane out of the Potomac River.

Crews are on the scene on the Potomac River to retrieve the submerged wreckage of an airliner and an Army helicopter.

Crews began lifting pieces of the American Airlines regional jet that crashed into the Potomac River after last week's midair collision with an Army helicopter. Kris Van Cleave has the details.

An American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29. Both aircraft plunged into the Potomac River near Reagan Airport.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says crews have successfully taken all major pieces of wreckage from the D.C. plane crash out of the Potomac River. The announcement came Thursday evening, just a day after the remains of all 67 victims killed in the midair collision were recovered and positively identified,