Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation.
As the massive search operation continues, it's worth noting that President Donald Trump signed an executive order called Keeping Americans Safe in Aviation last Tuesday. On the president's social media platform Truth Social, he wrote that the bad situation looks like it could have been avoided.
A midair collision near Ronald Reagan National Airport resulted in 60 deaths, prompting scrutiny of Trump's directive to eliminate diversity programs
President Donald Trump addressed the collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army Black Hawk Helicopter near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C., late Wednesday.
Tragedy struck on Wednesday night when an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair near Reagan National Airport. Sixty passengers and four crew members were aboard the plane,
A Black Hawk military helicopter and an American Airlines plane collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C on Wednesday.
Donald Trump's decision to halt all diversity-focused initiatives at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has received praise from a top aviation lawyer. "Politics has no place in aviation safety because there is no margin for error when lives are at stake,
President Donald Trump has stated that the crash between an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a military helicopter could have been prevented.
The FAA directed questions about how the order would affect its hiring practices to the White House, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how the changes
President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday night after a plane from Wichita, Kansas, and a military helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport.