The Federal Aviation Administration will likely come under intense questioning following the fatal plane crash Wednesday night outside Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. But who exactly is leading the FAA,

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he had appointed a former senior aviation official as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, a day after the deadliest U.S. air disaster in more than 20 years.

President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without citing evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration -- under Democratic presidents -- were partly to blame for the tragic plane and helicopter collision in Washington on Wednesday night.

Trump blamed recent Democratic administrations and DEI, ordering top transit and aviation officials to review hiring decisions made during Biden's years.

"This was not the enemy," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said about New Jersey's mysterious drone sightings.

The controller was handling jobs typically assigned to two different controllers. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Staffing in the air traffic control tower was "not normal" at time of the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., according to a report by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Gov. Glenn Youngkin says the plane from Wichita, Kansas appeared to be on a "normal approach" before the collision with a military helicopter near Washington Reagan National Airport that killed

Sixty passengers and four crew members from the plane and three Black Hawk helicopter personnel are feared dead as a recovery mission is underway.

None are believed to have survived the Wednesday night collision, which caused both aircraft to plunge into the frigid Potomac River.

A Sacramento aviation expert says the fatal mid-air collision that happened in Washington is very rare, but worries the FAA needs more air traffic controllers.