Parts of the cockpit and tail of an American Airlines regional plane were recovered Tuesday as crews continued pulling pieces of the wreckage from the Potomac River following last week's deadly midair collision over Washington,

An American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport and crashed into the Potomac River, according to officials.

Even as crews continued to comb the Potomac River for victims' remains, the Army Corp of Engineers began recovering the wreckage of the midair crash.