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

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.

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 ...

Donald Usher knows the race to rescue well. In January 1982, Usher was piloting a park police helicopter on a frigid day when Air Florida Flight 90, bound for Fort Lauderdale, crashed into the ...

A midair collision over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport recalls the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 disaster.

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 ...

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This incident marks a tragic event in the same vicinity where, in 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the river ... which made it lose control. As the pilots tried to maneuver the plane ...

On Jan. 13, 1982, snow was falling across the D.C region, and the increasingly hazardous travel conditions prompted the ...