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 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 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 devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River ...
The mid-air collision near DCA recalls the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash, which killed 78 after striking the 14th Street ...
An American Airlines flight colliding with an Army helicopter in Washington, D.C. was a sheer moment of heartbreak for people ...
I don’t know of any other accident that has had this amount of impact on aviation but also in other industries,” one expert ...
The crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 ...
Collision between American airlines jet and Black Hawk on Potomac revives haunting memories of the 1982 tragedy.
A midair collision over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport recalls the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 disaster.
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