Body of at least one victim of American Airlines Flight 5342 crash arrives in Wichita, official says
At least one of the victims of the American Airlines Flight 5342 crash arrived back in Wichita on Friday night, according to an official at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport.
Jesse Romo, director of airports, said Saturday that he believed the flight to the airport carried the bodies of several victims, but did not elaborate.
Sixty-four people, including four crew members, were aboard the Jan. 29 flight, which took off from Wichita and collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter while trying to land in Washington, D.C.
Everyone on the flight and the three people on the helicopter died.
The remains of all the people onboard the two aircraft were found earlier this week, The New York Times reported.
The Eagle has identified at least seven people who are from the Wichita area and Kansas who might have been on Friday's flight. Funerals were planned for Saturday for Dustin Miller, an IT professional from El Dorado, and for Bob Schrock and his wife, Lori Schrock, who were farmers near Kiowa, according to online records.
American Airlines did not respond to an email for more details.
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