Air Florida Flight 90: 43 years ago, another airline crash in the Potomac. What to know.
The 1982 crash happened moments after takeoff in icy conditions in roughly the same place as Wednesday's collision between a jet and Army helicopter.
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 ...
Passenger plane crashes into Potomac after mid-air collision with military helicopter
A small American Airlines jet collided with a Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter on approach to Reagan Washington National ...
An Air Florida jet crashed into the Potomac in 1982. A look at the tragedy and airline
The deadly crash in the Potomac after an American Eagle jet collided with a military helicopter has stirred memories of a long-ago tragedy in Washington, D.C. An Air Florida flight taking off en route ...
DC plane crash isn’t first along Potomac River. How 1982 collision reshaped US flight
I don’t know of any other accident that has had this amount of impact on aviation but also in other industries,” one expert ...
How five people survived after a plane crashed into the Potomac River 42 years ago
The aviation disaster near Washington DC has brought up memories of another crash into the Potomac River 43 years ago – the ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Here's what is known about the deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter
A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan National ...
Why will flags in North Carolina fly at half-staff on Friday?
Video from an observation camera at the nearby Kennedy Center showed two sets of lights consistent with aircraft appearing to ...
American Airlines crash into helicopter marks a rare fatal incident in U.S. aviation history
Fatal crashes like the one that happened near Washington on Wednesday are increasingly rare because of modern aviation safety ...
What can the 'black box' tell us about plane crashes?
Some have suggested that it stems from Hussenot's device because it used film and “ran continuously in a light-tight box, ...