"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."

While no cause has been determined in the Washington plane crash, President Donald Trump was quick to try to assign blame on Thursday to Democrats, DEI and other factors.

The US president says the army Black Hawk involved in Wednesday's collision was above the 200ft altitude limit for helicopters.

A midair collision near D.C. has raised concerns over FAA staffing, prompting scrutiny of air traffic control and aviation safety oversight.

In a shocking revelation, former President Donald Trump has claimed that the Black Hawk helicopter involved in the deadly mid-air crash near Washington, D.C., was "flying too high." Trump criticized the aircraft's altitude,

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night, with no survivors. Sixty-four people were on board the plane, which departed from Wichita, Kansas. Three soldiers were on the helicopter.

One widely shared claim was that Trump fired 3,000 air traffic controllers shortly after taking office for his second term. One post alone (archived) making this claim had received more than 2.7 million views and 25,

The president on Thursday suggested that programs to hire workers with disabilities may have lead to the aircraft collision that killed 67 people.

There is a good reason why American commercial airliners have safely flown billions of miles since the last major tragedy.

Two weeks into his presidency, Trump faced a major crisis with the plane crash near DCA. He brought his unconventional style to the matter

Rescuers were still pulling bodies from the Potomac River as Trump cast blame on the FAA, the Army, diversity programs and his predecessors.

President Donald Trump addresses the nation following a fatal collision between an American Airlines flight and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C.