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 ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Air Florida Flight 90. The search at the crash site of the American Airlines ...
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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DC plane clash: How Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac in 1982
A passenger jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday night with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all on board each aircraft and prompting 300 first ...