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WATCH LIVE: Officials give update on wreckage removal after D.C. plane collision

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Crews 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 .

Officials are scheduled to hold a news briefing on removing the wreckage at 4 p.m. ET .

Authorities have recovered and identified 55 of the 67 people killed in the crash.

The crash occurred when the jet, en route from Wichita , Kansas , was about to land.

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