Salvage crews have removed from the Potomac River a large part of the commercial jet that was involved in a deadly midair collision with a military helicopter last week.

Crews are on the scene on the Potomac River to retrieve the submerged wreckage of an airliner and an Army helicopter that collided midair in the deadliest U.S. air disaster since 2001

A crane was removing the fuselage of the American Airlines jet, which crashed into the river last week after colliding with a U.S. Army helicopter.

Crews have begun removing wreckage from the Potomac River from the deadly midair collision last week that killed 67 people. Col. Francis B.