President Donald Trump began his White House briefing Thursday with a moment of silence and a prayer for victims of Wednesday's crash at Reagan National Airport. But his remarks quickly became a diatribe against diversity hiring and his allegation — so far without evidence — that lowered standards were to blame for the

President Donald Trump has reacted to the devasting plane crash of an American Airlines flight that collided with a Black

After an American Airlines flight carrying 60 passengers collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington D.C., President Trump confirmed that there are no survivors from the tragedy.

While landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday shortly before 9 p.m., American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River.

Authorities say American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, was preparing to land before it "collided in midair" with an Army helicopter.