All On Board Passenger Jet Feared Dead After Collision With Army Helicopter Near DC

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

83% : In a statement late Wednesday, Trump thanked first responders for their "incredible work," noting that he was "monitoring the situation and will provide more details as they arise.
55% : Military aircraft frequently conduct training flights in and around the congested and heavily-restricted airspace around the nation's capital for familiarization and continuity of government planning.
41% : Writing that the "airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach for an extended period of time" on a "CLEAR NIGHT," Trump questioned, "why didn't the helicopter go up or down or turn," and "why didn't the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane.""What a terrible night this has been.
38% : That didn't happen last night and I know that President Trump, his administration, the FAA, the DOT, we will not rest until we have answers for the families and for the flying public.
33% : In a post on Truth Social, Trump questioned the tactics of the military helicopter and the air traffic controllers -- both agencies that report to him as the president.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.