Donald Trump again points the finger of blame after DC crash kills 67 people

Donald Trump had initially blamed diverseness connected the horrific Washington DC level clang which past week killed each 67 radical progressive - and present helium has addressed the catastrophe again

Outspoken Donald Trump blamed the fearfulness Washington DC crash connected what helium branded an "obsolete" machine strategy utilized by US aerial postulation controllers.

The President has present vowed to regenerate it and alternatively make "a large computerised strategy for our power towers". Mr Trump, 78, alluded to a strategy helium uses successful his backstage pitchy - from different state - erstwhile helium addressed reporters one week connected from the calamity adjacent Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Speaking contiguous astatine the Capitol Building, Mr Trump said the US has spent billions of dollars trying to "renovate an old, breached system" alternatively of investing successful a caller one. The Republican added: "I deliberation what is going to hap is we’re each going to beryllium down and bash a large computerised strategy for our power towers."

All 64 radical aboard the American Airlines level - flying to Washington DC from Wichita, Kansas - died successful the horror, which saw some the level and the Army chopper burst into flames. The 3 soldiers successful the chopper, which was connected a grooming exercise, besides died.

Mr Trump was condemned erstwhile he had initially blamed the disaster, the deadliest aerial clang successful the US since November 2001, connected diverseness hiring programmes. His scathing remarks led to ample companies, including Google, to review - oregon successful immoderate cases scrap - their diverseness hiring targets.

Now, the world person has taken a antithetic tack, taking purpose astatine the aerial postulation power strategy utilized each time to safely onshore and depart millions of passengers astatine the nation's airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said yesterday Elon Musk volition assistance upgrade the aerial postulation power technology.

The helicopter's Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) — an aviation surveillance exertion that transmits craft determination and different information to aerial postulation power and different craft — was disconnected astatine the clip of interaction connected Wednesday January 29. The crushed for this remains unclear.

The US Army Corps of Engineers said yesterday each large components of the chopper and pitchy person been removed from the river. Salvage crews volition enactment to region smaller debris with baskets implicit the adjacent 10 days earlier finishing enactment connected February 16.

“We volition proceed pushing guardant successful the coming days until we are assured the stream is harmless for navigation and that elements of evidentiary worth are recovered and provided to the due authorities,” the Corps Baltimore District Commander Col. Francis Pera said.