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The United States saw twice the number of fatal air accidents under the first four weeks of President Joe Biden in office compared to the same period of time under the president Donald Trump’s Second administration, shows federal data reviewed by Fox News Digital.
There were 10 fatal aerial accidents in the United States between January 20, 2021 and February 18, 2021, according to the analysis of cases and reports of the National Transportation Security Board, or Carol, which has registered aviation accidents from 1962. There were four fatal air accidents registered during the same period of time under the second Trump administration, from the day of the inauguration until February 18, the data show.
A fifth fatal plane accident took place in Georgia on Saturday night, which has not yet been added to the database, but is included in the final Fox Digital account of five fatal air accidents in the United States since 20 January.
Although Trump’s second administration has seen less aerial accidents than the first month of the Biden administration, the Washington accident, DC, in January provided a greater national visibility to concern about aviation accidents, since it was the most fatal in The history of the United States since November 2001, when it was a flight by American Airlines crashed into a residential area of New York City, killing 260 people on board and five on the ground.
A total of 67 people were killed in January when a black hawk helicopter from the army and a passenger plane from American Airlines collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.
Fox News Digital discovered that During the Biden administration Approximate first month in office, there were fatal air accidents based in the US. UU. In Janesville, Wisconsin; St. Thomas, Caribbean Mar; Tehachapi, California; Galt, Missouri; Belvidere, Tennessee; Chitina, Alaska; Hackberry, Louisiana; Port Angeles, Washington; Boynton Beach, Florida; Rancho River, New Mexico. A total of 18 individuals died in the 10 accidents.
The United States saw twice the number of fatal air accidents under the first four weeks of President Joe Biden in office compared to the same period of time under the second administration of President Donald Trump. (Getty images)
The five fatal air accidents in the first month of the Trump administration occurred in Nome, Alaska; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Covington, Georgia. A total of 96 people died on the plane.
When comparing the two Trump administrations, Fox News Digital discovered that there were 11 accidents of fatal aircraft registered between January 20, 2017 and February 18, 2017.
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Fox News Digital also discovered that the Biden administration saw seven serious, non -fatal, a plane between January 20, 2021 and February 18, 2021, compared to six serious air accidents under the same period of time for the administration Trump, according to Carol’s database.
As for the accidents that resulted in “minor” lesions for passengers, the Carol database registered seven under the first month of the Biden administration and two under the first month of the second Trump administration, Fox Digital found.
A Delta Air Lines plane is the other way around on its roof after colliding when landing at Toronto Pearson airport in Toronto on February 17, 2025. (Geoff Robins/AFP through Getty Images)
Another plane crash was held on Monday in Canada, When a Delta Air Lines Crj-900 Jet originally from Minnesota crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport. None of the 80 passengers or crew was killed, but at least 18 were treated for injuries after the plane crashed, caught and turned upside down.
The Toronto accident was developed as the news increased that the Trump administration is in the midst of firing a group of federal employees in several agencies as part of the effort of its administration to reduce corruption and poor management of government spending and the Bad management, including the termination of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA (FAA) employees that have been hired in the last year, according to a union that represents employees.
President Donald Trump listens as Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy speaks at the White House on January 30, 2025. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)
A spokesman for the United States Department of Transportation told Fox News Digital Monday that the agency continues to hire air traffic controllers and those focused on air safety.
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“FAA continues to hire air traffic controllers and security professionals, including mechanics and others that support them,” the spokesman told Fox News Digital. “The agency has preserved employees who perform critical security functions.”
The Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, added in X that his predecessor, former secretary of transport Pete Buttigieg, had “failed for four years to address the shortage of air traffic controller and update our outfined air traffic control system from the outfitted air traffic World War I “.
A police ship patrol the water and protects the accident scene on January 30, 2025, after an American Airlines plane crashed into the air with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, DC (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu through Getty Images)
“Here is the truth: only FAA has an amazing amount of 45,000 employees,” he said. “Less than 400 were released, and they were all tested, which means that they had been hired less than a year ago. Zero air traffic controllers and critical security personnel were released.”
The accident, however, has opened the gates of criticism of the Democrats and the liberal media that have blamed the accident at Trump’s feet.
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“I am grateful that everyone in the Flight incident in Toronto that took off from Minneapolis is safe, but we continue to see these incidents day after day,” the Senate Minority leader, Chuck Schumer, published in X after the accident on Monday . “Meanwhile, Trump is doing mass dismissals in FAA, including security specialists, and making our skies less and less safe. Democrats are fighting to protect the flying public.”