Virginia emergency officials brief committee on Commonwealth support after Potomac River aircraft crash

At the House Public Safety Committee’s final meeting before crossover, John Scrivani, acting state coordinator for the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, briefed lawmakers on the Commonwealth’s response to an aircraft and military helicopter crash in the Potomac River and the state’s continuing role supporting the District of Columbia and affected families.

Scrivani told the committee that Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) personnel were on the scene within about an hour of the aircraft’s impact and spread across locations that included the District, the airport operations center, Arlington County’s emergency operations center and the Potomac crash site. “We have been on the ground since about an hour after the plane landed, crashed in the Potomac River,” he said, adding that state hazmat teams, search divers and logistics personnel…