Trump blames FAA diversity initiatives for Washington DC air collision that killed 67

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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.

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