U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he had appointed a former senior aviation official as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration administrator. The announcement comes after an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.

It appears that the first major air disaster in the U.S. since 2009 has occurred while the Federal Aviation Administration does not have a permanent leader.

Peter Alexander confronted President Donald Trump on Thursday over his blaming of a Washington, D.C. air crash on the Biden administration's DEI initiatives. The post NBC’s Peter Alexander Pushes Back on Trump After He Blames D.

President Donald Trump read some headlines while speaking from the lectern at the White House briefing room, appearing to blame a “diversity push” at FAA without evidence for the midair collision in the Washington,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he was appointing an acting Federal Aviation Administration administrator, Chris Rocheleau.

President Donald Trump called a plane crash that has left 67 people presumed dead an "hour of anguish" but later claimed diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policies could be responsible.

The FAA is actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities, psychiatric problems, and other mental and physical conditions," Trump said.

CNN's aviation correspondent tore into President Donald Trump for blaming the deadly plane crash in Washington on DEI initiatives.

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