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Trump begins firings of FAA staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal…

John McCarthy February 18, 2025

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Hundreds of FAA employees are let go as Trump’s mass layoffs continue

The firing of nearly 300 Federal Aviation Administration employees comes just weeks after a mid-air collision in Washington, D.C., killed all people on board. The Trump administration fired hundreds of…

John McCarthy February 17, 2025

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Husband whose wife texted him minutes before fatal DC collision details the heartbreaking moment he learned about doomed flight

WASHINGTON — The heartbroken husband whose wife texted him that she was landing minutes before her doomed American Airlines flight collided with an Army helicopter revealed he found out it was his…

John McCarthy January 31, 2025

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No survivors found after American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter, Trump says

ARLINGTON, Virginia (AP) — All 64 people aboard an American Airlines jet that collided with an Army helicopter were feared dead in what was likely to be the worst U.S. aviation disaster…

John McCarthy January 30, 2025