Rescue Extends for Bodies in Potomac Air Florida Crash
Rescue teams resumed search for victims and crash clues after a sunken Air Florida Boeing 737 struck the Potomac River near the bridge during a snowstorm. Officials consider icing as a possible cause and focus on recovering the wreckage and flight recorders as NTSB impounds the de-icing spray. Divers aim to decide on body recovery or salvage, with up to two weeks expected to raise the wreckage.
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Aftermath offers time to reflect on tragedy
Efforts to recover the bodies of the passengers of the ill fated Air Floride Flight 90 are continuing. A Coast Guard vessel and a crane are manned by members of the recovery team. Joseph Stiley of Alexandria Virginia is comforted by his wife Catherine at the National Orthopedic Hospital in Arlington. Stiley, a pilot for General Telephone Electronics in McLean, was aboard with his secretary Patricia Felch and knew the aircraft was in trouble on takeoff. They say he told her short farewell before the crash.
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