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.
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 a snowstorm.
A Look Back at the Deadly 1982 Potomac River Crash
The American Airlines plane and helicopter collision is sparking memories of the deadly 1982 Potomac River crash. Forty-three years ago, a plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge 30 seconds after taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport during icy conditions.
DC plane crash recalls similar event in 1982
The news of an American Airlines jet and Black Hawk helicopter colliding on Wednesday recalls a similar tragedy that happened 43 years ago.
DC plane clash: How Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac in 1982
The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.
A look back at the 1982 deadly Potomac River plane crash
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.
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 collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and fell into the Potomac River,
DC plane crash live updates: All 67 bodies recovered from Potomac River
All 67 victims killed in the helicopter and plane collision have been recovered from the Potomac River, the Unified Command announced Tuesday. Sixty-six of the remains have been positively identified.
American Airlines engine, fuselage lifted from Potomac in recovery efforts of D.C. crash victims
Crews began the complex job of lifting American Airlines Flight 5432 from the Potomac River after it collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in the Washington, D.C., area.
All 67 victims from Potomac crash recovered as more wreckage removed from river
Crews are expected to remove the cockpit from the American Airlines jet from the Potomac River as they continue recovery efforts from last week's fatal mid-air collision that killed 67 people.
Survivor of D.C. Crash Relives Escape from Death Despite 60 Broken Bones After Plane Plunged into Potomac in 1982 (Exclusive)
Joseph Stiley, now 86, used his in-flight experience to avoid death in the 1982 plane crash on the Potomac River. Almost ...
Collision recalls 1982 Air Florida crash into the 14th Street Bridge
The devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River ...
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More remains of D.C. plane crash victims recovered from Potomac River as wreckage removal begins
As crews removed some of the wreckage of the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C., and crashed into the Potomac River last week ...