President Donald Trump called the Wichita flight crash an excruciating night in the nation’s history before quickly casting blame for why it occurred.

Watch highlights from the deadly American Airlines and Blackhawk plane crash including news conferences, Trump briefing

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – President Donald Trump and his administration have been very busy with executive orders. On Wednesday, he signed an executive order that would prioritize and free up federal funding to expand school choice programs.

President Donald Trump has reacted to the devasting plane crash of an American Airlines flight that collided with a Black

President Donald Trump reacted Wednesday night after a plane from Wichita, Kansas, and a military helicopter collided near Reagan National Airport.

Donald Trump gave a briefing on the Jan. 29 helicopter-airplane crash on Jan. 29, in which a U.S. Army Black Hawk Helicopter collided midair with American Airlines Flight 5342 as it approached Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Without evidence, Trump blamed air traffic controllers, the helicopter pilots and Democratic policies at federal agencies for Wednesday night's collision.

An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night,

Air traffic control received no response from a military Black Hawk helicopter seconds before colliding with an American Airlines flight from Wichita to Washington, D.C.

In a live televised address, the President said the federal aviation administration was 'actively recruiting workers who suffer severe intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problems'

A midair collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter near Washington, DC, resulted in the deaths of all 67 people aboard.

It collided with a military helicopter on a training flight while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington DC. The airport's runways have since been closed while a search for survivors takes place.