Officials said the bodies of several victims remain in the plane's fuselage and their "dignified" removal is a main priority.

There were 64 passengers aboard the plane, and three Army soldiers in the helicopter, according to officials. Here's a look at what we know about the victims.

Preliminary flight data from the deadly plane crash near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., shows conflicting readings about the altitudes of a passenger jet and Army helicopter that collided,

The Army Corps said it is first salvaging the jet — which still is believed to have bodies in it — and afterward, it will recover the fallen Black Hawk.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, Wednesday night, prompting a multi-agency search-and-rescue operation, according to officials.

Authorities said on Saturday that 42 bodies had been recovered from the crash site, 38 of which had been identified.

There were 64 people on American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas to DCA — including 60 passengers and four crew members. The Blackhawk Army helicopter had three soldiers on board. None of the 67 people on either aircraft are believed to have survived, officials say.

Authorities have begun to pull the aircrafts out of the Potomac River from the plane crash that killed 67 in D.C.

Salvage crews pulled an engine from the downed American Airlines flight out of the Potomac River on Feb. 3. ↓ Read More