Wednesday night marks an exact week since the fatal midair collision near Reagan National Airport that claimed the lives of 67 people. All of the victims have been located and identified, as crews work around the clock to clear the wreckage from the plane and helicopter out of the Potomac River. FOX 5’s Nana-Sentuò Bonsu is at the airport with the latest on the plane crash cleanup, as well as how the local community is coming together.
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Contact photographer Timo JägerWhat: Interpol alerted 188 member states to look for disguised bombs after claim of responsibility in UPS Boeing 747-400 freighter en route from Dubai United Arab Emirates to Cologne Germany.
Where: Dubai
When: Sep 3 2010
Who: 2 crew
Why: The crew reported smoke and fire in the cockpit and was returning to Dubai International Airport, failed to land and crashed.See UPS Boeing Crashes in Dubai
Evidence from examination of the scene and the black boxes does not point to an explosion, however the claim will be investigated, according to the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The “Orange Notice” issued by Interpol on Saturday will be published. The warning came days after several packages were intercepted shipped from Yemin in mid-September, possibly a test run for an Al-Qaeda attack.
