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Sean Duffy Reacts to DC Plane Crash: 'I've Been Secretary for a Little Over a Day'
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DC plane crash live updates: NTSB says preliminary investigation to take 30 days
Runway operations at the airport are expected to resume at 11 a.m. "The NTSB will lead the investigation. We are working with local officials and will provide any additional information once it becomes available," McLendon said. A source briefed on the search-and-rescue operation described a gruesome scene with large numbers of bodies recovered.
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy shares updates on DC plane crash
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told reporters that the flight patterns of both the American Airlines jet and blackhawk military aircraft that crashed late Wednesday were not "unusual."
Sean Duffy, the new transportation secretary, is facing his first major crisis just hours after his swearing-in. Duffy, who was confirmed by the Senate Tuesday, quickly emerged as a public face of the federal government's response to the deadly plane crash at Reagan National Airport,
WASHINGTON – Central Wisconsin's Sean Duffy is facing his first big test as secretary of the Department of Transportation just one day after he was sworn into office. A commercial jet carrying 64 people collided in midair with an Army helicopter carrying three servicemembers Wednesday night near Washington,
Vice President JD Vance, left, shakes hands with Sean Duffy after swearing him in as secretary of transportation as his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, holds the Bible in the Indian Treaty Room in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had been sworn in just hours before the deadly midair collision of a plane and helicopter near Washington, D.C.
Sean Duffy, recently appointed as Secretary of Transport under President Donald Trump, is facing mounting scrutiny following a mid-air collision over .
Duffy does not have a background in transportation, similar to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg when he arrived four years ago.
D.C. police confirmed a crash had taken place over the Potomac and that search and rescue operations were taking place in the river. Donald Trump later weighed in.
Newly appointed Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said during a press conference that both aircrafts involved in a deadly midair collision near Reagan Washington National Airport were both in standard flight patterns.
Duffy, formerly a reality TV star and Wisconsin congressman, was confirmed as the new transportation secretary on Tuesday.
Washington — Rep. Sean Duffy sailed through his Senate confirmation vote to be transportation secretary, just before some of President Trump's more controversial nominees will be facing their ...
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy promised to improve the nation's transportation infrastructure and systems after Vice President JD Vance swore in Duffy on Wednesday afternoon.
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