Large volumes pose challenges to air traffic control, which has faced severe staffing shortages for years, according to experts.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he had appointed a former senior aviation official as the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration administrator. The announcement comes after an American Airlines regional passenger jet collided with a U.

President Trump has appointed the former COO for a lobbying group to serve as the acting leader for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Research company Enigma Labs said it has tallied 650 sightings nationally described as drone-related since November, with most concentrated in the Northeast.

The collision involved a Bombardier CRJ700 regional jet operated by PSA Airlines and a military Black Hawk helicopter.

The unexplained, SUV-sized drones that caused a stir flying over the areas in the Northeast in November and December have returned. As of Sunday, Jan. 25.

The White House released new information Tuesday on the mysterious drones seen across New Jersey skies late last year, but one state congressman isn't satisfied with their answers.

A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., sending the two aircraft plummeting into the Potomac River.

In a statement, President Trump said the drone flights that had gripped New Jersey were not enemy or foreign crafts.

Mr Trump suggested efforts to boost diversity at the FAA could have been a cause of the crash between a passenger jet and a military helicopter. Read more at straitstimes.com.