King Charles has released a heartfelt statement on the Washington DC plane crash that killed 67 people.
The crash on Wednesday night left no survivors between the plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members and a Black Hawk helicopter with three soldiers on board.
As of Friday afternoon, 41 bodies had been pulled from the Potomac River, including 28 that had been positively identified, Washington DC fire chief John Donnelly Sr said at a news conference.
In a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Saturday, the King said he is ‘profoundly shocked and saddened’.
Charles said: ‘Our hearts, and our special thoughts, are with the people of the United States and our deepest sympathy goes to the families and loved ones of all the victims.
‘I would also like to pay a particular tribute to the emergency responders who acted so quickly to this horrendous event.’
King Charles has released a heartfelt statement on the Washington DC plane crash that killed 67 people
Pictured: Parts of the wreckage seen sitting in the Potomac River after Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, killing 67 people
Surveillance footage taken from inside the airport also captured the moment the two collided in midair
Emergency response units assess airplane wreckage in the Potomac River
Part of the wreckage is seen as rescue boats search the waters of the Potomac River
Rescue boats search the waters of the Potomac River for survivors after the deadly plane crash
The Federal Aviation Authority said that the jet, a Bombardier CRJ700, collided with a Sikorsky H-60 Black Hawk helicopter while on approach to Runway 33
The plane was being operated as an American Eagle Flight by PSA Airlines for its parent carrier American Airlines
The two aircrafts collided when the plane was coming in for a landing at the airport next to Washington.
Investigators looking into the cause of the crash are reviewing the data from the helicopter’s black box along with information from two flight data recorders and a cockpit voice recorder from the plane.
Officials are examining the actions of the military pilot and air traffic control, after the helicopter apparently flew into the American Airlines plane’s path.
Wednesday’s crash was the deadliest in the US since November 12 2001, when an American Airlines flight collided into a residential area of Belle Harbour, New York, just after take-off from Kennedy Airport, killing all 260 people on board.
