D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services confirmed Friday morning that 41 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, including all three soldiers who were on the Army Black Hawk helicopter. Sen.

Sixty-seven people died in a collision between a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

About three hours after an American Airlines jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided in midair near Reagan National Airport, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to point blame at the helicopter pilot and workers in the air traffic control tower.

US president Donald Trump appeared to blame air traffic controllers for the devastating mid-air collision and launched a rant against the FAA's 'diversity push'

The plane crash at DCA raised questions about recent leadership changes within the federal agencies charged with regulating air travel.

The FAA has said that all controllers have to meet tough testing and training standards and go through a lengthy certification process.

Without presenting any proof, President Trump linked the deadly DC plane crash to diversity initiatives and the previous Democratic administrations.

The USA Fact Check Team digs into comments made about the FAA and diversity efforts in the wake of the DC plane crash.

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,

Coward' Donald Trump Mocked for Blaming Air Traffic Control Workers and Pilots for the Deadly Washington, D.C., Plane Crash

A midair collision near Reagan National Airport has raised questions about aviation safety protocols, following Donald Trump’s controversial hiring freeze on air traffic controllers just days earlier.