WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Officials said on

Wednesday they have positively identified all 67 people killed

in last week's midair collision between an American Airlines ( AAL )

passenger jet and a military helicopter over the Potomac

River in Washington.

A joint statement from agencies said on Wednesday the U.S.

Army Corps of Engineers expects to completely remove all major

airplane components from the Potomac River near Washington's

Reagan National Airport.

Crane operations will then transition to removing the Army

Black Hawk helicopter, the statement said.