Crews began the complex job of lifting American Airlines Flight 5432 from the Potomac River after it collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in the Washington, D.C. area.

A large portion of the fuselage from the American Eagle passenger plane that crashed with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C., last week was pulled from the Potomac River on Monday, officials said.

Operations to begin pulling from the Potomac River the wreckage of an American Airlines plane that collided with an Army helicopter could start as soon as Monday. The remains of 55 of the 67 people onboard both aircraft have been recovered and identified so far.

DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services recovered 55 bodies so far. The American Airlines plane's extraction is expected to recover the remaining victims.

Salvage teams are set to begin lifting the wreckage of an American Airlines flight out of the Potomac River. Here's the latest on the investigation.