The United States saw double the number of fatal aircraft accidents under the first four weeks of President Joe Biden in function compared to the same period under President Donald Trump’s Second administration, federal data rated by FOX News Digital Shows.
There were 10 fatal aircraft accidents in the United States between January 20, 2021 and 18 February 2021, according to the case analysis of the National Transportation Safety Board and online report, or Carol, which has registered aviation accidents since 1962. Four fatal aircraft accidents registered in the same period under the second Trump administration – from inauguration from day to 18 February – the data shows.
A fifth fatal plane crashing unfolded on Saturday evening in Georgia, which has not yet been added to the database, but was admitted to Fox Digital’s last count of five fatal aircraft accidents in the US since January 20.
Although the second Trump administration has seen fewer aircraft accidents than the first month of the BIDEN administration, the Crash, DC, crash in January offered greater national visibility to worry about aviation accidents, because it was the deadliest in American history Since November 2001, when a flight of American Airlines crashed into a residential area in New York City, killing 260 people on board and five on the ground.
A total of 67 people were killed in January when an army Black Hawk -Helicopter and an American Airlines Passenger plane collided in the neighborhood of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Fox News Digital thought so During the Biden administration Estimated first month in office, there were American fatal aircraft accidents in Janesville, Wisconsin; St. Thomas, Caribbean Sea; Tehahapi, California; Galt, Missouri; Belvidere, Tennessee; Chitina, Alaska; Hackberry, Louisiana; Port Angeles, Washington; Boynton Beach, Florida; Rio Rancho, New Mexico. In total, 18 people died in the 10 crashes.
The United States saw double the number of fatal aircraft accidents under the first four weeks of President Joe Biden in office compared to the same period under the second administration of President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
The five fatal aircraft crashes place in Nome, Alaska in the first month of the Trump administration; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Covington, Georgia. In total, 96 people died on the aircraft accidents.
When comparing the two Trump administrations, Fox News Digital discovered that 11 recorded fatal aircraft accidents were between January 20, 2017, until 18 February 2017.
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FOX News Digital also discovered that the BIDEN administration saw seven serious -not fatal -aircraft accidents between January 20, 2021 and 18 February 2021, compared to six serious aircraft accidents in the same period before the Trump administration, according to the Trump administration, according to the Carol -Database.
As for crashes that resulted in “small” injuries for passengers, the Carol database seven registered under the first month of the Biden administration and two under the first month of the second Trump administration, FOX Digital.
A plane lines of airplane lines is upside down on the roof after he landed on Toronto Pearson Airport in Toronto in Toronto on 17 February 2025. (Geoff Robins/AFP via Getty images)
Another plane crash unfolded in Canada on Monday, When a Delta Air Lines CRJ-900 Jet from Minnesota crashed on Toronto Pearson International Airport. None of the 80 passengers or the crew was killed, but at least 18 were treated for injuries after the plane crashed, caught fire and upside down.
The Toronto crash when the news emerged that the Trump government in the middle of dismissing a crowd of federal employees on different agencies is created as part of the efforts of his administration to reduce government spending and to weigh corruption and mismanagement, including The termination of the federal aviation administration (FAA (FAA (FAA (FAA) employees who have been hired in the past year, according to a trade union that represents employees.
President Donald Trump listens as transport secretary Sean Duffy in the White House on January 30, 2025. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)
A spokesperson for the US Department of Transport told FOX News Digital Monday that the Air Traffic Controls Office is aimed and focusing on air safety.
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“The FAA continues to hire air traffic controllers and safety professionals and on board, including technicians and others who support them,” the spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “The agency has retained employees who perform safety -critical functions.”
Transport secretary Sean Duffy added that his predecessor, former transport secretary Pete Buttigieg, had failed for four years to tackle the air traffic controller’s shortage and to upgrade our outdated Air traffic control system from the Second World War. “
A police boat patrols the water and monitors the crash scene on January 30, 2025, after a plane from the American Airlines collided with a military helicopter and collapsed in the Potomac River in Washington, DC (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty images)
“Here is the truth: only the FAA has no fewer than 45,000 employees,” he said. “Less than 400 were released and they were all probationary period, which means that they had been hired less than a year ago. Zero air traffic controllers and critical security staff were released.”
However, the crash has opened the locks of Criticism from Democrats And liberal media that have blamed for the crash at Trump’s feet.
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“I am grateful that everyone at the flight incident in Toronto who left Minneapolis is safe, but we will continue to see these incidents day after day,” Senate placed minority leader Chuck Schumer after the Monday crash on X on X. FAA – including security specialists – and making our skies less and less safe to protect the flying audience. ”
