Local photojournalist reflects on Air Florida crash in the wake of tragic DC midair crash
Forty-three years ago, the D.C. region was rocked by an air disaster that claimed 78 lives. On a snowy January afternoon, Air ...
Collision recalls 1982 Air Florida crash into the 14th Street Bridge
The devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River ...
American Airlines Plane Crash Follows Strikingly Similar Tragedy on Potomac 43 Years Ago. Only 5 Survived the 1982 Disaster
Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and ...
Reagan National Airport Had Fatal Plane Crash in 1982
Wednesday’s incident occurred more than 40 years after the Air Florida crash in 1982, when a passenger plane weighed down by ...
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When was the last major commercial airplane crash?
Before Wednesday's crash between a passenger jet and an Army Black Hawk helicopter, the last fatal crash involving a U.S.
DC plane clash: How Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac in 1982
The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.
43 years ago, another D.C. plane crash and dramatic rescue on the Potomac River
The crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 ...
DC plane crash recalls similar event in 1982
The news of an American Airlines jet and Black Hawk helicopter colliding on Wednesday recalls a similar tragedy that happened ...
43 Years Ago, a Plane Crash on the Potomac Left 78 People Dead
A Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge over the river on Jan. 13, 1982, just after taking off from Washington National Airport in ...
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Air Florida Flight 90: What happened when plane crashed into DC's Potomac River in 1982?
Several federal and state investigations have been launched after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter ...
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Collision recalls 1982 Air Florida crash into the 14th Street Bridge
It crashed into the bridge at 4:01 p.m., just 30 seconds after takeoff. Seventy passengers and four crew members on the plane perished. The crash also took the lives of four people in cars on the ...
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DC plane clash: How Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac in 1982
As the pilots tried to maneuver the plane around the 14th Street Bridge, they couldn’t clear it in time, and the plane crashed into the bridge with full force. The FAA report concluded that the ...