Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation.

American Eagle Flight 5342 en route from Wichita, Kansas (ICT), to Washington, D.C. (DCA) was involved in an accident at DCA. President Donald Trump , while addressing the media from White house, clarified that there are no survivors.

More people watched President Donald Trump’s second inauguration than watched any other inaugural event in history, according to the president. According to the new commander-in-chief, while his Oath of Office was administered inside the U.

Watch highlights from the deadly American Airlines and Blackhawk plane crash including news conferences, Trump briefing

WASHINGTON — Following a devastating midair collision between a commercial airplane and military helicopter that killed 67 people near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump has named Chris Rocheleau as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration.

President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed his predecessors and Democratic diversity measures and suggested that the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity efforts had made air travel less safe.

Democrats harshly criticized President Donald Trump for a news conference Thursday in which he said that his predecessors and diversity were to blame for Wednesday night’s fatal collision of an Army helicopter and an American Airlines passenger plane landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport.

Without evidence, Trump blamed air traffic controllers, the helicopter pilots and Democratic policies at federal agencies for Wednesday night's collision.

No one survived the horrific collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet near Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C.

Trump said he was tapping Chris Rocheleau, a top executive for an aviation business association, for the post.

A passenger jet collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC. All 67 persons were killed.