Trump administration begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal Washington DC plane crash - US politics live

found 2025 › Feb › 17 (Mon) @ 15:48 UTC

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Staff at the Federal Aviation Administration receive emails saying they have been fired, upending rotas during period of busy air travel

A US judge has scheduled a rare holiday court hearing on Monda…

Aviation chiefs 'were recruiting people with targeted disabilities including intellectual problems and hearing/vision issues until last year' - as Trump vows to tackle 'diversity' in wake of crash disaster

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 15:53 UTC

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Diversity initiatives ramped up at the FAA under the Obama Administration, were largely swept away during Trump's first term and then reinstated under Biden.

Trump blames FAA 'diversity hires' for Washington air collision that killed 67

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 11:32 UTC

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Trump blames FAA 'diversity hires' for Washington air collision that killed 67

Trump blames FAA diversity initiatives for Washington DC air collision that killed 67

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 06:27 UTC

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Trump blames FAA diversity initiatives for Washington DC air collision that killed 67

Trump leaves reporter speechless with joke about jet crash as he signs executive order to purge DEI from FAA after 67 were killed

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 06:27 UTC

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Hours after he repeatedly blamed DEI hiring for the air crash in Washington, DC, President Trump said he had no plans to visit the crash site. 'What's the site - water?' he told reporters.

Who ordered the runway switch minutes before the DC crash? Are DEI air traffic controllers to blame? Why did Biden's FAA chief suddenly quit? All the unanswered questions

found 2025 › Jan › 31 (Fri) @ 06:27 UTC

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It was a clear, cold night in Washington DC on January 29, when at 8.47 pm, a bright orange and red flame suddenly erupted in the sky.

Horrifying new FAA revelation about airport tower at time of DC plane crash: Live updates

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 20:31 UTC

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LIVE UPDATES: Sixty passengers, four crew, and three US Army personnel are believed to be dead after the collision 400ft over the Potomac River in Washington DC.

Footage shows plane with 64 onboard colliding with helicopter near Washington DC - video

found 2025 › Jan › 30 (Thu) @ 12:08 UTC

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An American Airlines passenger jet collided with a military helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan national airport near Washington DC. Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Cente…

White House says New Jersey drones ‘authorized to be flown by FAA’

found 2025 › Jan › 28 (Tue) @ 22:16 UTC

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‘This was not the enemy,’ says press secretary on flurry of drones spotted in east coast skies in December

The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday that the mysterious drones…

US and Turks and Caicos to inquire into failed SpaceX launch leading to debris

found 2025 › Jan › 18 (Sat) @ 06:57 UTC

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Starship test sent orange-glowing shards streaking over northern Caribbean and forced airlines to divert flights

The US Federal Aviation Administration and officials from the Turks and Caicos Islands …