“The water is dark, it is murky, and that is a very tough condition for them to dive in,” Donnelly said. How deep and wide is the river? The Potomac River is 8 feet deep and between half a ...

Recovery crews have been hard at work doing rehearsals to prepare for Monday morning, when they will lift the wreckage of the ...

In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, “PAT25 ...

Water transfers heat away from the body 25 times faster than air, according to Johnson. On Wednesday night, the Potomac River water temperature, specifically the body of water around Hanes Point ...

NewsNation correspondent Elina Shirazi is live from Arlington, Virginia, where parts of the plane that crashed into the Potomac have been pulled from the river. Shirazi joins “Elizabeth Vargas Reports ...

This has caused the Potomac River to be colder than it is typically at this time of year, with ice on parts of the river.” he explained. “Last year at this time, the water in the Potomac River ...

Within 10 minutes, the first emergency unit arrived on the grisly scene, surveying the wreckage of both aircraft in the Potomac River. "The water that we're operating in is about 8 feet deep ...

There was no immediate confirmation of any casualties, but surviving an extended submersion in the river would be difficult. On Wednesday, the Potomac ... “Cold water quickly removes heat ...