Defense Secretary Pete Hegseeth defended Donald Trump's criticism of renting Deen in the government and revealed new details about the research on the fatal aircraft crash in DC
On Wednesday evening, a military black hawk helicopter crashed with a civil airplane above the airspace in Washington, DC, killing 67 people.
The Minister of Defense appeared on Fox News to discuss the tragedy on Friday and revealed that the investigation focused primarily on the level of the plane and the Black Hawk.
“We look at height and the president was clear about that, someone was at the wrong height,” said Hegseeth. “Was the black hawk too high? Was it on track? At the moment we don't fully know. '
President Trump revealed on social media on Friday morning that the helicopter 'flew too high'.
'It was far above the limit of 200 feet. That is not really too complicated to understand, is it ??? “The president wrote about Truthsocial.
Hegseeth confirmed that three soldiers were on board the Black Hawk -helicopter, but could not definitively say which pilot flew with the helicopter at the time of the crash.
'You had a captain in training. You also had a Chief Warrant Officer as an instructor. And then you also had a staff sergeant in that black hawk, “he said.
Chief Warrant Officer 2, Andrew Eaves has been identified as the pilot on board the Black Hawk Army Helicopter, the crewstrory was identified as Ryan O'hara.
Defense -Secretary Pete Hegseeth speaks with reporters
Two of the soldiers who were deployed on the Blackhawk -Helicopter flight that had crashed into a civil airport
The female co-pilot still has to be mentioned.
Hegseeth said the army wanted to make sure that the families had been informed before they revealed the names of everyone killed in the crash.
He defended the claim of President Donald Trump that diversity, fairness and inclusion programs within the government were partly the fault of the crash.
“The environment for which we choose pilots or air traffic controllers, as the President correctly noticed yesterday, is better the highest possible standard,” he said. “The best of the best that belongs, you know … a flight per minute and managing radio traffic.”
US Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth speaks with the media after arriving at the Pentagon
Hegseeth supported Trump's efforts to eradicate dei programs from the federal government, especially among air traffic controllers.
'I don't care what background they are coming, what their race is, what their sex is, if they are rich or poor. I just need to be good at their work, because I need my flight to land safely, “he said.
Hegseeth also promised to eradicate the dei programs from the Ministry of Defense and to blame former President Joe Biden for the implementation of practice throughout the government.
“Gave them for too long to give these things, those things emphasized, pushed real or observed quotes at the Ministry of Defense,” he said.
“We end all of that, it is made very clear for all our services and commands, it is only merit and this means that we get the best of the best.”
