WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - The National

Transportation Safety Board has recovered a data recorder from

an American Airlines ( AAL ) regional jet that collided on

Wednesday with a U.S. Army helicopter near a Washington airport,

killing 67 people, Senator Maria Cantwell told Reuters.

The NTSB did not comment.

NTSB board member Todd Inman said earlier the board was

confident it would be able to recover the recorders from the

plane and the helicopter.