Air Florida Flight 90: 43 years ago, another airline crash in the Potomac. What to know.
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.
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American Airlines Plane Crash Follows Strikingly Similar Tragedy on Potomac 43 Years Ago. Only 5 Survived the 1982 Disaster
the same site of another tragic plane crash almost exactly 43 years ago. On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 catastrophically scraped a bridge while departing what's now the Ronald Reagan ...
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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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Local photojournalist reflects on Air Florida crash in the wake of tragic DC midair crash
WASHINGTON (7News) — Reporter's Notebook: Forty-three years ago, the D.C. region was rocked by an air disaster that claimed 78 lives. On a snowy January afternoon, Air Florida Flight 90 slammed ...
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Helicopter, jet collision recalls 1982 Air Florida disaster that left 78 dead
I would say maybe past the right, past 90 degrees ... The collision recalled the crash of an Air Florida flight that plummeted into the Potomac River on January 13, 1982, that killed 78 people.
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Helicopter, jet collision recalls 1982 Air Florida disaster that left 78 dead
I would say maybe past the right, past 90 degrees. Um ... The collision recalled the crash of an Air Florida flight that plummeted into the Potomac River on January 13, 1982, that killed 78 people.