Donald Trump has confirmed there are no survivors of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a helicopter above Washington DC. But he also sought to exploit the crash politically as he attacked diversity hiring and Joe Biden.

Donald Trump has blamed a diversity hiring spree for causing the deadly crash between a military helicopter and a passenger plane that killed 67 people in Washington DC.

President Donald Trump is questioning the actions of the army helicopter pilot and air traffic controller in Wednesday’s deadly midair collision in Washington

President-elect Donald Trump headed to Washington on Saturday ahead of his inauguration on a U.S. military airplane supplied by U.S. President Joe Biden, as the outgoing president emphasized sticking with traditional transition norms.

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

While landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday shortly before 9 p.m., American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter and crashed into the icy Potomac River.