According to the FAA report, “At 1559, Flight 90 was cleared to "taxi into position and hold" and to "be ready for an immediate takeoff." At 1559:28, Flight 90 was cleared for takeoff and told not to delay due to landing traffic which was 2 ½ miles out on approach.”

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says crews have successfully taken all major pieces of wreckage from the D.C. plane crash out of the Potomac River. The announcement came Thursday evening, just a day after the remains of all 67 victims killed in the midair collision were recovered and positively identified,

Search teams scoured the Black Hawk helicopter wreckage after the Potomac River mid-air collision with a plane. A group of investigators conducted an inspection in the frigid waters where the military chopper crashed into a plane before plunging into the Potomac River.