President Trump says he thinks a more modern air traffic control computer system could have prevented last week’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter.

President Donald Trump on Thursday attributed the deadly collision between a passenger jet and an Army helicopter last week to an “obsolete” computer system used by U.S. air traffic controllers. He promised to replace the outdated system in response to the incident.

President Donald Trump says he thinks last week’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter wouldn't have happened if the U.S. had a more modern air traffic control computer system

President Trump said Thursday that he wanted to overhaul America’s air traffic control system following last week’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter in the skies over Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.