Trump criticized the Federal Aviation Administration’s diversity push after the jet collided with a helicopter in D.C., as authorities continued a recovery operation.

A mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., involving an American Airlines flight and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, has sparked widespread speculation. Search-and-rescue efforts in the Potomac River are ongoing,

There are confirmed fatalities from the collision of American Airlines Flight 5342 and the U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River. Several bodies have been pulled from the Potomac River crash site, according to two law enforcement sources familiar with the ongoing operation.