The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.
Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and motorists died. Just five people survived, and only three are still alive to witness news of the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.
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 to Fort Lauderdale crashed into a bridge and tumbled into the icy Potomac in January 1982.
One of the pilots of the passenger jet involved in a mid-air collision in Washington, D.C. was a native of New York but grew up in Florida, where he learned to fly planes, according to records and statements from those who knew him.
Donald Usher, a former helicopter pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in the Potomac River, reflects on the emotional toll of that rescue as news of a similar tragedy unfolds in the same location.
The devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River transfixed Washington and the nation
For Tampa International Airport Chaplain Joseph Krzanowski, Wednesday’s plane crash near Washington D.C. brings back old memories.
Collision between American airlines jet and Black Hawk on Potomac revives haunting memories of the 1982 tragedy.
The aircraft experienced difficulty climbing and stalled, striking the 14th Street Bridge and crashing into the ice-covered Potomac.
The midair collision over the Potomac River on Wednesday brings back chilling memories of another tragedy in the same waters more than four decades ago—when Air Florida Flight 90, bound for Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport,
Air Florida plane hit a bridge and went into the Potomac River. 10 On Your Side's Nick Broadway takes us back to 1982 to show us that tragic day in history.