Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended Donald Trump's criticism of DEI hiring practices in government and revealed new details about the investigation surrounding the fatal plane crash in D.C. 

On Wednesday evening, a military Black Hawk helicopter crashed with a civilian airliner above airspace in Washington, D.C., killing 67 people.

The defense secretary appeared on Fox News to discuss the tragedy on Friday, revealing that the investigation was focusing primarily on the altitude of the plane and the Black Hawk.

'We are looking at altitude, and the president was clear about that, someone was at the wrong altitude,' Hegseth said. 'Was the Black Hawk too high? Was it on course? Right now we don't quite know.'

President Trump revealed on social media Friday morning that the helicopter was 'flying too high.'

'It was far above the 200 foot limit. That's not really too complicated to understand, is it???' the president wrote on TruthSocial.

Hegseth confirmed that three soldiers were aboard the Black Hawk helicopter but could not conclusively say which pilot was flying the helicopter at the time of the crash.

'You had a captain in training. You had a chief warrant officer too as an instructor. And then you also had a staff sergeant in that Black Hawk as well,' he said.

Chief Warrant Officer 2, Andrew Eaves has been identified as the pilot on board the Black Hawk Army helicopter, the crew chief was identified as Ryan O'Hara.