Video showed cranes lifting large pieces of wreckage out of the river and placing them on a pair of U.S. Navy barges in the waterway near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a Tuesday afternoon update it recovered several parts of the airplane,

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.

Ian Epstein, a 53-year-old flight attendant who died in the January 29 American Airlines CRJ 700 crash in Washington, D.C., wasn't originally supposed to be on the flight but switched shifts with a colleague, it has been reported.