Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach renewed his criticism of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) hiring practices in the aviation industry during an appearance Thursday on Fox Business, arguing that race-based hiring could be compromising passenger safety.

Before the additional flights were approved, a senator warned that the increase could heighten the risk of collisions.

The FAA has restricted helicopter traffic near Washington Reagan National Airport following a deadly collision between an Army Black Hawk and a commercial jet

Wednesday's crash was the deadliest in the U.S. since Nov. 12, 2001, when an American Airlines flight slammed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, just after takeoff from Kennedy Airport, killing all 260 people aboard and five people on the ground.

A passenger jet carrying around 60 in a direct flight from Wichita collided with a Black Hawk military helicopter near the Potomac River.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said they have launched an investigation into the cause of the crash.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River.

Seven local friends from Maryland tragically lost their lives in the D.C. plane crash as they were heading back from a hunting trip in Kansas.

Divers return to the Potomac River as part of the recovery after the United States’ deadliest aviation disaster in almost a quarter century

Latest news and live updates after an American Airline jet collided with a Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.

Olympian Scott Hamilton is mourning the deaths of members of the figure skating community, who were on an American Airlines flight that crashed into an Army Black Hawk helicopter in Washington, D.C.