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

An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.

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."

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.

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.

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.

During a White House press briefing, a journalist asked Trump about his plans to visit the site of the deadliest US air disaster in two decades. The President dismissed the idea, quipping, "You want me to go swimming?

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.