As many as 67 people lost their lives when a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter collided near Washington and plunged into the Potomac River last month. Government agencies confirmed that bodies of all 67 people have been recovered in the recovery effort after the deadliest US air crash in 20 years.

On January 29, a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas, collided near Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington.

President Trump said Thursday that he wanted to overhaul America’s air traffic control system following last week’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed the deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter last week on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers. Trump said during an event that “a lot of mistakes happened” on Jan.

President Donald Trump compared last week's fatal plane-helicopter collision near Washington to a golf driving range, calling it "amazing." He criticised outdated air traffic control systems and shifting blame from diversity hiring to obsolete technology.