An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday night. A D.C. fire official said Thursday that “we don't think there are any survivors from this accident" and "we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation.

After the Washington, D.C., plane crash, Trump said he previously set "extraordinary" standards for air traffic control employees.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker says President Donald Trump is failing to lead the country through the American Airlines crash because he suggested DEI programs put FAA policy over safety.

No evidence has emerged that rules seeking to diversify the FAA played any role in the collision Wednesday between an American Airlines regional jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter that killed

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

Donald Trump 'joked' about visiting the site of yesterday's American Airlines tragedy, when asked about it at a press conference. The President was asked if he would be attending the area of Ronald Reagan National Airport where the commercial jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter.

Americans didn’t elect Trump to flout the Constitution by: — Firing inspectors general who detect and prevent fraud, waste, abuse and mismanagement of government programs. — Declaring an end to birthright citizenship, guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.

Emergency services in Washington DC are searching the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport following the incident just before 9pm on Wednesday night

U.S. authorities said on Thursday it was not yet clear why a regional jet crashed into a U.S. Army helicopter at a Washington airport, killing 67 people in the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.

The National Transportation Safety Board said the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder from the American Airlines jet that collided with the Black Hawk helicopter have been recovered from the wreckage in the Potomac River and are now at the NTSB labs for evaluation.

Black boxes recovered after a jet and Army helicopter collided near DC; 14 still missing as NTSB investigates the deadly crash. Follow Newsweek's live blog.