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

BREAKING NEWS: A passenger jet collided midair with a black hawk helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in a mass casualty event in Washington DC. Just last week, Trump FIRED the heads of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Coast Guard, and… pic.twitter.com/211yDQ0I9l

President Donald Trump has reacted to the devasting plane crash of an American Airlines flight that collided with a Black

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.

Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

Trump has never provided proof that a single DEI hire “failed to meet established standards,” one expert said.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors expected amid the extremely cold and windy conditions.

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.

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

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.

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