The crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 ...

Illinois of an Air Florida crash 43 years ago. It was January of 1982 when the Air Florida jet took off during a snow storm in Washington. The aircraft had been deiced but had been delayed around ...

As recovery crews work the icy waters of the Potomac River in Washington, after a jet and helicopter crashed, it brings ...

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

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 ...

For Tampa International Airport Chaplain Joseph Krzanowski, Wednesday’s plane crash near Washington D.C. brings back old ...

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

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.

Brazier was a medic with DC Fire and EMS during the Air Florida crash, which happened on Jan. 13, 1982 -- almost exactly 43 years to the day of Wednesday's tragedy. "It brought me right back to ...

President Trump said the crash was a "tragedy of terrible proportions" and told family members "Our hearts are shattered ...

At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan ... In the wake of the crash, he was heralded as a hero and invited to attend the State of the Union by President Reagan. The Potomac River's ...

The devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13 ... was heralded as a hero and invited by President Ronald Reagan to the State of the Union address. Eventually, recommendations from ...