FAA Administrator resigned after Elon Musk 'pressured' him to quit days before deadly DC plane crash
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Trump attacks DEI policies after DC plane crash, says FAA employees must be held to 'highest standards'
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Trump appoints acting FAA head in aftermath of Washington DC plane crash
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed two executive orders appointing a new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) deputy administrator and ordering an immediate assessment of aviation safety.The orders came after an American Airlines plane carrying 64 people and an Army Black Hawk helicopter carrying three soldiers crashed in midair at about 9 p.
Elon Musk pushed Federal Aviation Administration Chief Michael Whitaker from his post just 10 days before the deadly plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash over Washington, DC.
Air Traffic Control (ATC) audio from Wednesday’s collision between an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet reveals the moments before and after controllers witnessed the disaster unfold.
Trump offered no evidence that diversity hiring practices contributed to the fatal plane and helicopter collision.
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Patrick Hempen, the now-retired FAA director of aviation accident investigations, said several failures have to happen for a collision like this to occur.
Trump implied that a long-standing FAA policy could be to blame for the deadly collision between an Army helicopter and a passenger airplane.
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