Washington: Images from a Helicopter overhead, show several Pieces of the Fuselage
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Images from a Helicopter overhead, show several Pieces of the Fuselage from either the Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-700 or the U.S. Army H-60 'Black Hawk' Helicopter, floating in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, surrounded by Search-and-Rescue Boats.
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