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 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 He criticised outdated air traffic control systems and shifting blame from diversity hiring to obsolete technology.

President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed last week's deadly collision of a passenger jet and Army helicopter on what he called an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers, and he vowed to replace it.