The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.
The devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River ...
Joseph Stiley, now 86, used his in-flight experience to avoid death in the 1982 plane crash on the Potomac River. Almost ...
The incident recalls a similar tragedy that took place 43 years ago. On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge in downtown Washington, D.C., and plunged into the icy ...
WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On Jan. 13, 1982, tragedy struck as a plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge, leading to dozens of lives lost and significant changes to air travel safety procedures.
Several federal and state investigations have been launched after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter ...
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 ...