There have been 4 major plane crashes and many Americans are afraid to get on a plane to go visit their family and travel. The crashes occur on January 29th within 2 weeks apart in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Alaska, and Arizona.
On February 1st, 2025 a medical jet crashed Northwest Philadelphia on a Friday, this crash ended up killing six people on the jet and 1 person who was on the ground. The kids’s ages range from 5, 6 and even teenagers. The families were ice skating figures, so Trump previously stated people were planning to kill these families since they were financially stable.
The plane that occurred in Washington D.C. it has been said by KTLA 5 that the airplane and a CRJ-700 crashed with each other killing 67 people. This made the American Airline people believe that there was misunderstanding communication between the airplane and CRJ-700. They still have yet to determine the cause of this accident.
This crash happened in Alaska on a friday, the plane crash had killed 10 people, the pilot 34 year old Chad Antill and 52 year old Liane Ryan, 58 year old Donnell Erickson, 30 year old Andrew Gonzalez, 41 year old Kameron Hartvigson, 46 year old Rhone Baumgartner , 52 year old Jadee Moncur, 45 year old Ian Hofmann, 34 year old Talaluk Katchatag passengers.
The day after the crash, ABC Action News stated, “it’s still too early to know what caused the crash as the agency begins its investigation.”
Two planes with both smaller fixed wing single enginne collided with each other abruptly at 8.25am at the Marana Regional Airport in Arizona due to the airport being an uncontrolled field. There were only 2 people on each plane. Two people passed away while the other 2 were uninjured, they were part of the Marana reginal Airport. As stated on NBC news the Marana regional Airport is temporarily closed while the investigation continues.
The total number of people killed by these plane crashes within 2 months so far of the new year 2025 was over 87 people to die, as stated in the CBS news.
Journalists and reporters were asking the president Donald Trump why he was blaming the federal diversity and inclusion promotion efforts; he did not back up those claims that were being said.
He was critized by journalists, ”You’re blaming the diversity elements but then told us that you weren’t sure that the controllers made any mistake. You then said perhaps the helicopter pilots were the ones who amde the mistake.”
Trump responded by saying “It’s all under investigation.”
The journalist replied, “I understand that. That’s why I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.”
Trump responded back “ becauee I have common sense. Ok? And unfortunately, a lot of popele don’t. We want brilliant people doing this.”
Trump decided to start firing people who weren’t “ brilliant” and who were in charge of checking the airlines safety on these planes because he was accusing them for DEI which was making it more unsafe to travel in planes. Trump also stated “ Flying is very safe. We have the safest flying anywhere in the world, and we’ll keep it that way”
Written By Emily Salazar, Staff Writer