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Police boats continue to search the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation into the United States' deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century. Washington, D.C., Fire Chief John Donnelly Sr. said Friday that bodies of 41 of the 67 people who died in Wednesday night's collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter have been recovered. Planes continue to take off and land at Ronald Reagan National Airport, where the plane was about to land when the collision occurred, though officials say two of the airport's three runways remained closed on Friday. Federal investigators have said they would not speculate on the cause.