The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board plan to brief senators Thursday on last week's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington's Ronald Reagan National Airport that killed 67,

Officials said on Wednesday they have positively identified all 67 people killed in last week's midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac River in Washington.

The news came as crews worked to recover parts of the American Airlines jet involved in last week's midair crash from the Potomac River.

As reported by American media, authorities have recovered the bodies of all 67 victims from the Potomac River in Washington, less than a week after an American Airlines plane collided with a military helicopter.

Crews are trying to recover the plane’s cockpit and the rest of the remains of the 67 people who died in the midair collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter near the nation’s capital last