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.

Images of rescue teams working the site where a PSA Airlines regional jet crashed on 29 January recall another incident 43 ...

A Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge over the river on Jan. 13, 1982, just after taking off from Washington National Airport in ...

Collision between American airlines jet and Black Hawk on Potomac revives haunting memories of the 1982 tragedy.

The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.

The midair collision over the Potomac River on Wednesday brings back chilling memories of another tragedy in the same waters more than four decades ago—when Air Florida Flight 90, bound for Fort ...

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 devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River ...

The news of an American Airlines jet and Black Hawk helicopter colliding on Wednesday recalls a similar tragedy that happened ...

The temperature of the Potomac River was hovering just above freezing around the time of Wednesday’s collision, according to ...

The aircraft was a Boeing 737-200, registered as N62AF. It was built in 1969 and previously flown by United Airlines before being sold to Air Florida in 1980. It was powered by two Pratt & Whitney ...