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 ...
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DC plane clash: How Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac in 1982
The flight had an intermediate stop in Tampa, but its final destination was Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
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Air Florida Flight 90: 43 years ago, another airline crash in the Potomac. What to know.
This week’s tragic crash of ... above the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National Airport, has revived memories of another deadly January crash more than 40 years ago in nearly the same spot. At ...
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43 years ago, another D.C. plane crash and dramatic rescue on the Potomac River
WASHINGTON – A dramatic plane crash in frigid ... frozen Potomac River. Almost 43 years ago to the day, tragedy struck when a commercial jet − Air Florida Flight 90 − plunged into icy ...
Potomac plane crash rekindles memories of Air Florida Flight 90 tragedy
Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge above the Potomac River just moments after taking off from National Airport on Jan. 13, 1982.
Eyewitness recalls plane at 90-degree angle seconds before it hit the ground in Washington, DC, crash
One of the flight data recorders – known as black boxes – from the doomed CRJ 700 that collided with a military helicopter on approach to Reagan National Airport has been recovered from the Potomac ...
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How five people survived after a plane crashed into the Potomac River 42 years ago
The aviation disaster near Washington DC has brought up memories of another crash into the Potomac River 43 years ago – the Air Florida Flight 90. The search at the crash site of the American ...
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43 Years Ago, a Plane Crash on the Potomac Left 78 People Dead
By Jin Yu Young The crash Wednesday was reminiscent of another air disaster on the Potomac River more than ... The plane, Air Florida Flight 90, hit several cars before splitting into pieces ...
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Video: 1982: People and wreckage pulled out of Potomac River after Air Florida Flight 90 crash
Officials recover people and wreckage of Air Florida Flight 90 from Potomac River in 1982. Read the full story ...
Midair collision of plane and military helicopter leaves 67 dead. Here’s what we know
An American Airlines commercial flight and an Army Black Hawk chopper crashed midair on Jan. 29. Here are updates on this ...