An Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with a regional jet near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday evening, U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.

In a briefing that recalled his most extreme first term remarks, President Trump said without any evidence that diversity initiatives caused the midair collision.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy informed the public on Thursday that it is not in fact "standard" for aircraft to collide in midair over U.S. airspace. On Wednesday night, an American Airlines passenger jet carrying 64 people and a U.

The American Airlines flight was carrying 64 people when it collided with a Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport.

Washington, D.C. fire chief said on Thursday that there are likely no survivors in the midair collision of a passenger plane and a helicopter near the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Wednesday night.

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday while approaching the Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. The aircraft plummeted into the Potomac River and multiple people were killed.

Sean Duffy, who was confirmed as the secretary for the Department of Transportation on Tuesday, added a post acknowledging the crash on X. In the post, he noted that he was posting from the headquarters for the Federal Aviation Authority in Washington,

Search efforts continue after an American Airlines plane from Wichita, with 64 people on board, collided with an Army helicopter near Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River.

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C. Wednesday evening. Three soldiers were onboard the helicopter and a massive search and rescue operation is now unfolding in the Potomac River.

The Trump administration's new Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy, has acknowledged the collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines domestic flight mid-air, calling the accident "absolutely" preventable.

President Trump suggested diversity programs are to blame for a deadly plane crash in the nation’s capital. Trump was joined by members of his Cabinet to give their latest update on the cause of this horrific midair collision. The president said the country was in mourning.