Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) held their first press conference Thursday afternoon following a deadly collision just outside of Reagan National Airport (DCA) on Wednesday night.

The midair collision at Reagan National Airport on Wednesday night has presented Sean Duffy with a major crisis just hours after he was sworn in as secretary of transportation.

No chute or slides appeared to be deployed from the American Airlines plane, according to J. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board. “It was a very quick, rapid impact,” he said.

No survivors are expected, authorities said Thursday, after a commercial flight and a helicopter collided in midair Wednesday night as the jet was about to land at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington,

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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged the public not to “speculate” about the cause of the deadly mid-air collision near Reagan Washington National Airport in a Thursday press

The National Transportation Safety Board will be holding its first briefing into the investigation of the deadly American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC. Click to watch.

An American Airlines jet with 60 passengers and four crew members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday at a press conference that “we look at facts on our investigation and that will take some time.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy had been sworn in just hours before the deadly midair collision of a plane and helicopter near Washington, D.C.

Even though the investigation is ongoing and few details have been released, Trump quickly cast blame for the deadly midair collision that happened Wednesday night.

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