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.
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Trump criticized DEI and the FAA's diversity policies after a deadly plane crash. Here's what we know.
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Trump criticizes FAA diversity efforts after deadly plane crash, even as he says he doesn't know the cause yet
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Timeline of Donald Trump's Impact on FAA Prior to D.C. Plane Crash
It appears that the first major air disaster in the U.S. since 2009 has occurred while the Federal Aviation Administration does not have a permanent leader.
Mike Whitaker, unanimously confirmed as the FAA administrator in October 2023, stepped down early from his five-year term on Jan. 20 when Trump took office and for 10 days the FAA declined to say who was running the agency on an acting basis. Trump has not yet named a permanent candidate to replace Whitaker.
President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without citing evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration -- under Democratic presidents -- were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in Washington on Wednesday night.
Trump blamed recent Democratic administrations and DEI, ordering top transit and aviation officials to review hiring decisions made during Biden's years.
"This was not the enemy," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said about New Jersey's mysterious drone sightings.
The controller was handling jobs typically assigned to two different controllers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Staffing in the air traffic control tower was "not normal" at time of the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., according to a report by the Federal Aviation Administration.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the plane from Wichita, Kansas appeared to be on a "normal approach" before the collision with a military helicopter near Washington Reagan National Airport that killed
The FAA, under the first Trump administration, also tried to increase the hiring of people with targeted disabilities.
"When you have statements in the press, very forceful, coming from the highest authority in the United States, people may be reluctant to tell their stories."
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