'Suspicious' Elon Musk Tweets About Needing a Plane Crash to Change DEI Policy Resurface Following DC Tragedy

Weeks before the deadly crash in Washington, DC, Elon Musk wrote that it would take an airplane crash to change DEI policies. (Credit: Kenny Holston; Al Drago/Getty Images; X)

In the wake of the deadly midair collision over Washington, DC, past posts from Elon Musk attacking diversity efforts in aviation have taken on a chilling relevance.

One year before the crash, Musk had suggested that only a mass-casualty aviation disaster would force airlines to reverse their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.