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Sean Duffy, the new Secretary of Transportation, met with families of victims from the recent crash involving an American Eagle flight. He assured them that the investigation would be transparent. This comes after President Donald Trump suggested that diversity, equity, and inclusivity (DEI) policies were responsible for the accident.
Duffy expressed his unexpected start in office through a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. He noted meeting some families who lost loved ones in the January 29 crash near Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport. The collision involved a US Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 operating as American Eagle Flight 5342. Sixty-seven people died in the incident.
"Their pain is immeasurable," Duffy stated. "I can’t take away their pain, but I can do a very small part to help ease it by keeping my promise to get to the bottom of what happened and be 100% transparent about the results of the investigation."
