"This information is preliminary and subject to change," the agency said in a statement, adding that officials from both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were being deployed to the crash site to lead the investigation.

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said on Tuesday he was pulling an additional $160 million in federal funding from California

Michael Alfonso, the son-in-law of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, is running for his father-in-law's old Northwoods congressional seat.

It’ll be a disaster in aviation,” Duffy exclaimed. “October is a slower, air travel month, and we have great weather in October.”

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned that flights across the country could be delayed or even canceled due to the ongoing government shutdown.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at a news conference said some schools for CDLs throughout the country are saying applicants can operate a tractor-trailer rig when in fact they cannot.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that President Trump “has done all he can” to minimize the pain of the current government shutdown on Americans. “So, we have done all we can.