According to the FAA report, “At 1559, Flight 90 was cleared to "taxi into position and hold" and to "be ready for an ...

Arland Williams' fiancee said he didn't know how to swim and was terrified of the water but he kept a cool head and helped save the 5 survivors.

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.

Read full article: ‘Risking lives to save others’: Pilot recalls 1982 rescue of Air Florida Flight 90 Donald Usher, a former helicopter pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air ...

No survivors were found in the wreckage overnight. 40 years ago, a Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and then fell into the Potomac River, killing 70 of the 74 passengers ...

On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 catastrophically scraped a bridge ... The NTSB also cited the flight captain's "failure to reject the takeoff during the early stage when his attention ...

Air Florida Flight 90 was scheduled to depart from Washington ... snow and ice on the airfoil surfaces of the aircraft and the captain's failure to abort the takeoff during the early stage also ...

This incident marks a tragic event in the same vicinity where, in 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the river under similar circumstances. On January 13, 1982, nearly 43 years ago today ...

At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13, 1982, immediately following take-off from what was then known Washington National Airport. Unfolding in icy, snowy conditions, the airliner’s ...