An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, was landing at Washington Reagan National Airport when it collided with a military helicopter, crashing into the Potomac River in the worst US aviation disaster in more than 20 years.
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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has said diversity initiatives are responsible for the collision
00:07between a passenger aircraft and an army helicopter that killed 67 people.
00:12Trump blamed Joe Biden's administration for encouraging the Federal Aviation Administration
00:17to hire people with paralysis, epilepsy and dwarfism.
00:23But we'll restore faith in American air travel.
00:25I'll have more to say about that.
00:27I do want to point out that various articles that appeared prior to my entering office
00:35and here's one.
00:37The FAA's diversity push includes focus on hiring people with severe intellectual and
00:43psychiatric disabilities.
00:47That is amazing.
00:49The crash occurred before 9 p.m. local time on Wednesday when American Airlines flight
00:545342 from Kansas was approaching Washington Reagan National Airport.
00:59A military helicopter appeared to fly into the path of the AA jet, with both aircraft
01:04crashing into the Potomac River.
01:06A federal investigation is currently underway, but probes into air crashes can take months.
01:13The flight data recorders were recovered from the AA plane late on Thursday evening, and
01:17the National Transportation Safety Board said they're currently being analyzed in their
01:22lab.
01:23After his press conference, the White House invited reporters to the Oval Office to watch
01:28Trump sign another executive order that officials said would stop woke policies in federal aviation.
01:35Trump had already signed an executive order ending diversity initiatives at the FAA last
01:40week.