Crews were expected to recover the passenger jet's cockpit, though high wind gusts and tidal conditions could slow operations, said Col. Francis B. Pera of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is leading the multiagency operation.

More of the wreckage of an American Airlines regional plane was recovered Tuesday from last week's deadly midair collision over Washington, D.C., that sent the airliner and an Army Black Hawk helicopter crashing into the Potomac River.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (7News) — Recovery crews used a massive crane Monday morning to lift wreckage from the Potomac River, days after a tragic midair collision between a plane and a helicopter left dozens dead.