The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.
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 ...
A Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge over the river on Jan. 13, 1982, just after taking off from Washington National Airport in ...
The aircraft was a Boeing 737-200, registered as N62AF. It was built in 1969 and previously flown by United Airlines before being sold to Air Florida in 1980. It was powered by two Pratt ...
Images of rescue teams working the site where a PSA Airlines regional jet crashed on 29 January recall another incident 43 ...
The devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River ...
On Jan. 13, 1982, snow was falling across the D.C region, and the increasingly hazardous travel conditions prompted the ...
Last week, a Southwest Airlines aircraft flying from Atlanta to Fort Myers struck foreign object debris on the runway. The ...
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.
The midair collision Wednesday night between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter is the most severe air travel ... times. The Boeing 737 took off but only ...