U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he had appointed a former senior aviation official as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration administrator. The announcement comes after an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.
President Donald Trump read some headlines while speaking from the lectern at the White House briefing room, appearing to blame a “diversity push” at FAA without evidence for the midair collision in the Washington,
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he was appointing an acting Federal Aviation Administration administrator, Chris Rocheleau.
US president Donald Trump outlined his theory on the Washington air crash in a bizarre press conference - blaming 'diversity policies'
President Donald Trump called a plane crash that has left 67 people presumed dead an "hour of anguish" but later claimed diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policies could be responsible.
In a news conference Thursday morning, Trump questioned the role of the helicopter pilot, air traffic control, and faulted his predecessor in the fatal midair plane collision.
Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation.
During a briefing from the White House, President Donald Trump said there were no survivors after a passenger plane and an Army helicopter collided near a D.C.-area airport. He also suggested that the FAA’s diversity efforts had made air travel less safe.