ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Crews were on scene on the Potomac River on Monday to retrieve the submerged wreckage of an airliner and an Army helicopter that collided midair last week in the deadliest US air disaster since 2001.

Crews began removing wreckage from the Potomac River on Monday, five days after 67 people were killed in a midair collision over Washington, D.C., between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter. The crash was the deadliest U.

Crews spent the weekend positioning cranes and other key equipment following last week's deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C.

Families of victims of the deadliest US air disaster since 2001 visited the crash site on Sunday and divers scoured the submerged wreckage for more remains.

As many as 60 passengers and four crew members were aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, and the Black Hawk helicopter was carrying three soldiers. There were no survivors.

Authorities said the death is not related to the American Airlines and Black Hawk helicopter collision that happened on Wednesday night.

Salvage crews will remove the American Airlines plane from the Potomac River on Monday after it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter last week. All 60 passengers on American Airlines Flight 5342, the four crew members,