If changes aren't made, that near-miss becomes a mid-air collision,” one aviation safety expert said. “Unfortunately, that's what we had last night.”

The deadly mid-air collision over Washington, D.C., has reignited concerns over air traffic congestion and safety risks at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, a tightly packed aviation hub that shares airspace with military and government flights.

Divers were still searching the chilly Potomac River for the black boxes and nobody had definitive answers. But that did not stop President Donald Trump from casting blame on DEI for Wednesday night’s midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.