The US National Transportation Safety Board has provided an update on the deadly plane crash over the Potomac River. American Airlines Flight 5342 tragically collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter.

Instead of using the deaths of 67 people to speculate over whether hiring minorities makes us all less safe, Donald Trump ought to clam up and let investigators do their jobs.

The National Transportation Safety Board did not specify how many air traffic controllers were working at the time of the collision.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) urged the public not to “speculate” about the cause of the deadly midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in a Thursday

CBS News confirmed only one air traffic control worker was managing the helicopters when the crash between a military helicopter and passenger plane occurred in Washington D.C. That is a job normally done by two people.

The National Transportation Safety Board will lead an investigation, hoping to determine what happened and prevent any similar accidents in the future. There is no reason to believe that the dramatic changes to the federal government made by the Trump administration,

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said Thursday at a press conference that “we look at facts on our investigation and that will take some time.”

No chute or slides appeared to be deployed from the American Airlines plane, according to J. Todd Inman, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board. “It was a very quick, rapid impact,” he said.

The National Transportation Safety Board will be holding its first briefing into the investigation of the deadly American Airlines plane crash in Washington, DC. Click to watch.

NBC News is live with a special report as the National Transportation Safety Board holds another briefing on the D.C. plane crash.

A military helicopter and passenger jet collided midair on Wednesday night near Reagan Washington National Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Here's what we know.

American Airlines said American Eagle Flight 5342, en route from Wichita to Washington, D.C. Reagan National Airport (DCA), was involved in an accident and landed in the Potomac R