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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Investigators have retrieved the

flight data recorders from the American Airlines regional passenger jet that crashed with an

Army helicopter near Washington, D.C. Wednesday, killing

all on board both aircraft. And Pierce Frank Langfit reports. Military helicopters are a common

site in the skies around Washington. At a news conference, National Transportation Safety Board

member Todd Inman explained how they navigate the crowded airspace here. They're actually

helicopter zones, if you will, or tracks, and this one was transiting,

I believe, from track one to four as part of their normal procedure.

Inman said the aircraft's recording devices should provide their altitude when they collided.

An important piece of data as investigators try to figure out what led to the crash that left

67 people dead. Frank Langford NPR News, Reagan National. President Trump says without evidence,

the Biden administration's DEI policies could be to blame for the crash. But Biden's former

Transportation Secretary says Trump fired and suspended

key safety personnel. Meanwhile, in Wichita, people are grieving. Celia Hack from member station

KMUW has more. Wichita is home to a large aviation community. At a prayer service here, local

elected officials and religious leaders spoke about rising above division in

grief. Ryan Beatty, a Republican, is chair of the Sedgwick County Commission.

All eyes are on Wichita in many regards. When they see Wichita, what I hope they see is

they see a community rising above those conversations, kicking out politics.

Wichita Mayor Lily Wu, a libertarian, said she was proud that residents from a diversity

of backgrounds, religions, and races came together at the prayer service to mourn.

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