FirstFT: Rescuers search for survivors in the Potomac River

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Deadly plane crash in D.C.'s Potomac River after midair collision with helicopter

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.
CBS News - 8h
Rescuers search Washington DC river after plane collides with military helicopter

More than 30 bodies reportedly recovered so far after American Airlines flight collides in midair with Black Hawk helicopter. Washington DC plane crash – latest updates Rescuers are scouring ...
The Guardian - 10h
Watch: EarthCam video shows explosion over Potomac River

EarthCam footage appears to show an explosion over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. This happened amid reports that a regional jet collided in midair with a helicopter while on approach to ...
NBC News - 19h
Small Plane Crashes in Potomac River Near Reagan National Airport

The airport said on social media that
The New York Times - 19h
Rescuers pull survivors and bodies from abandoned South Africa gold mine

A rescue team in South Africa has finished a recovery operation to find more than 200 miners trapped in an abandoned gold mine. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay reports.
CBS News - Jan. 17
Missing Briton’s belongings found in Dolomites as rescuers continue search

Italy’s Alpine cliff and cave rescue corps find items belonging to Aziz Ziriat as search continues. Items belonging to a British hiker who has been missing in the Dolomites since New Year’s Day ...
The Guardian - Jan. 12
Search for missing sisters focuses on icy river

Officers are searching the River Dee in Aberdeen for Eliza and Henrietta Huszti, who have been missing since Tuesday.
BBC News - Jan. 12
Tibet earthquake: rescuers search for survivors after powerful quake kills 126

At least 188 people injured and more than 3,600 homes destroyed after the earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas on Tuesday. Rescuers in China’s Tibet region were continuing to search for ...
The Guardian - Jan. 8
Search goes into night for survivors of Tibet quake

Rescuers have arrived in the area at the foot of Mount Everest, with fears overnight temperatures could drop to -18C.
BBC News - Jan. 7

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