US President blamed diversity hires for the deadly mid-air collision between a plane and an army chopper in Washington on January 30. Donald Trump accused former president Joe Biden of reducing standards at America’s aviation agency to the “lowest level.” Trump said diversity practices under Joe Biden and Barack Obama have kept out good employees at the Federal Aviation Administration.The collision was the first major crash in the US since 2009 when 49 people were killed near Buffalo, New York. The Republican confirmed the deaths of all those aboard both aircraft, and also cited pilot error on the helicopter in the nighttime crash.Trump claimed employees with “severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities” had been hired as air traffic controllers as part of a diversity and inclusion drive. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTION4:35 “DISGUSTING…” TRUMP FACES BACKLASH5:50 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFFING WAS ‘NOT NORMAL’ BEFORE CRASH7:28 JET PILOT WAS ASKED TO CHANGE RUNWAYS SHORTLY BEFORE FATAL CRASH?
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