American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the deadly midair collision between an American passenger jet and a military helicopter, will be the lone authority on the cause and details of the crash.

Kentucky native J. Todd Inman is helping oversee the investigation into the Washington D.C. plane crash for the National Transportation Safety Board.

WASHINGTON – Sean Duffy’s first big test as secretary of the Department of Transportation came just one day after he was sworn into office.

The flight data and voice recorders, known as black boxes, have been recovered after the midair collision of a passenger jet and an Army helicopter in the Washington, DC, area, the National Transportation Safety Board said.

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.

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.

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.”

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,

Prior to his appointment, Sean Duffy served as a Wisconsin congressman and district attorney and before that he was a reality TV star.

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