Washington DC plane crash: After Wednesday’s deadly plane crash in Washington DC, US President Donald Trump joked about the plans to visit the accident site. When a reporter asked the newly appointed 47th US President if he would visit the site where a passenger plane collided with a military helicopter, Trump gave a snide remark, suggesting that the site was just water.

“I have a plan to visit, not the site. Because you tell me, what’s the site? The water? You want me to go swimming?” Donald Trump responded during a White House press briefing on Thursday. The latest tragic mishap marks the deadliest US air disaster in two decades. 

The collision of an American Airlines plane with a Black Hawk helicopter occurred on Wednesday in the middle of the Reagan Washington National Airport, on the Potomac River in Washington DC. Up to 60 passengers were aboard the passenger plane, with the exception of four team members, while 3 infantry people were in the helicophones when the fate occurred.

Donald Trump confirmed he would meet victims’ families but not first responders. “But I will be meeting with some people that were very badly hurt — with their family members, obviously, but I’ll be meeting with some of the families,” Donald Trump added.

These remarks came hours after the US president held diversity hiring responsible for the crash at a press briefing on Thursday. He alleged that diversity hiring under previous Obama and Biden administrations at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was linked to the mishap.

A day after the deadly crash, Donald Trump approved two executive orders. One of the orders was about immediate assessment of aviation safety while the other was related to the appointment of a new FAA deputy administrator.

While the surveys continued, two black boxes of the American Airlines aircraft were found, in addition to a flight knowledge recorder and a cabin voice recorder. Although Donald Trump has not provided specifications or evidence or any of the research conclusions has been published, an initial report is within 30 days.

The plane burst into a fireplace ball after the helicopter hit the plane in the air, after which the two fell on the Potomac River. According to officials, there are no survivors. Forty bodies were discovered in the frozen waters of the river from Thursday night (local time).

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