Various airline-related staffing and regulatory changes were made on the heels of President Donald Trump‘s inauguration, just nine days before a tragic midair collision resulted in the deaths of 64 people.

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

Donald Trump gave a briefing on the Jan. 29 helicopter-airplane crash on Jan. 29, in which a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter collided midair with American Airlines Flight 5342 as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

An American Airlines jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday with a helicopter near Reagan Washington National Airport, with no survivors expected.

The US President appeared to be stepping on the toes of Washington DC first responders early this morning when he made a series of bizarre claims following the plane crash

Democrats previously hit out at the president's federal hiring freeze for hindering the "number one safety issue" in aviation.

Bakari Sellers said Wednesday, "I f***ed up, I own that...The only thing that matters is rescuing the survivors."

No survivors had been found as of early morning in Washington, while D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said bodies had been recovered from both aircraft.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A decorated Army general from Louisiana knows firsthand what it’s like to fly in a Black Hawk helicopter over the area where a deadly mid-air collision occurred Wednesday evening (Jan. 29).

Investigators have recovered the black boxes from the American Airlines jet involved in a mid-air collision with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, D.C.

After the US suffered the deadliest plane crash since 2001, and the first major aviation incident in the last 16 years, President Donald Trump was asked by reporter's whether he would be visiting the crash site.