Army Identifies 2 Soldiers Killed in Helicopter–Plane Crash; Final Black Box Recovered

The bodies of 41 people have been recovered and 28 had been positively identified.

A Coast Guard crane arrives to remove the wreckage of a military Black Hawk helicopter after the crash of an American Airlines plane on the Potomac River as it approached the airport in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 31, 2025. Al Drago/Getty Images

The Army on Jan. 31 has released the names of two of the three soldiers killed in the collision with an American Airlines jet near Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Family members have asked to keep the identity of a third soldier private at this time.