Flight recorders have not yet been recovered but the NTSB is "comfortable and confident" that the recorders will be recovered, Inman said. Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport,

US president Donald Trump outlined his theory on the Washington air crash in a bizarre press conference - blaming 'diversity policies'

President Trump Thursday blamed the deadly crash of American Airlines Flight 5342 on former President Joe Biden and supposed Democratic diversity, equality and inclusion policies. Without providing any evidence,

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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttieg slammed the Commander and Chief’s unproven comments, which were self-attributed to “common sense.”

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said late on Thursday he will soon announce a plan to reform the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after a devastating collision between an American Airlines regional plane and an Army helicopter killed 67 people.

Donald Trump spoke in the wake of the midair American Airlines plane crash, which happened in Washington DC on Wednesday night and saw more than 60 people killed

Some 67 people — including three soldiers and more than a dozen figure skaters — were killed after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport near Washington,

Give Trump some credit. He has no interest in faking empathy, as Biden did so ineptly. In Trump’s playbook, empathy is a weakness, even amid tragedy. Instead, each disaster is an opportunity to go on the attack,

“Listen, it’s one thing for internet pundits to spew off conspiracy theories,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Thursday. “It’s another for the president of the United States to throw out idle speculation as bodies are still being recovered and families are still being notified.” “It just turns your stomach,” Schumer added.

Dozens of people — including more than a dozen figure skaters — were killed after a collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington,