Jo Ellis said it is "insulting to the victims and families" to have been incorrectly named as one of the pilots involved in the crash on Wednesday.
He indicated 27 bodies had been recovered from the airplane, and one from the helicopter.
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors expected.
There were 64 passengers aboard the plane, and three Army soldiers in the helicopter, according to officials. Here's a look at what we know about the victims.
An American Airlines flight crashed into a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter over the Potomac River as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
A commercial plane with 60 passengers and four crew members on board collided with a military helicopter with a crew of three near Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night.
A regional jet carrying 64 people collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter. Reagan National Airport grounded all flights.
The Post can reveal that miscommunications in one of the most crowded and complex patches of sky in the US are likely to blame.
US President Donald Trump is facing massive backlash over his sarcastic response when asked about visiting the crash site of an American Airlines flight that collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter,
PSA Airlines announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters, reports indicate. Wednesday night a flight was involved in a deadly midair crash with a military helicopter.
On the evening of January 29, a Bombardier CRJ700 passenger plane and a Black Hawk military helicopter collided midair near Ronald Reagan National Airport, a 10-15-minute ride from downtown Washington