This incident marks a tragic event in the same vicinity where, in 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the river under similar circumstances. More: Plane collides with helicopter, crashes into DC ...

While Panzer no longer dwells on the horror of that assignment, last week’s collision between a military helicopter and a ...

On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 with 74 passengers and a crew of five onboard, took off from what was then called Washington National Airport and clipped the 14th Street ...

Back on Jan. 13, 1982, I was driving home from a college class when my car radio announced that Air Florida Flight 90 had crashed into the 14th Street Bridge, broke up and fell into the river.

In the aftermath of the Jan. 29 air disaster over the Potomac River, the rescue and recovery efforts were stunningly fast — but not as fast as the speculation and rumormongering that flared even as ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Case in point: the eerily similar crash of Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 that took off from Reagan (then Washington National ...

The recent American Eagle crash conjured up memories of Air Florida Flight 90, another deadly accident involving the Potomac River. As the flight was leaving Washington, D.C. out of Reagan ...