An American Airlines flight crashed into the Potomac River Wednesday night after colliding with a military helicopter, drawing immediate parallels to the crash more than 40 years ago of Air ...

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 ...

At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan ... through the ice into the Potomac. It was carrying 74 passengers and five crew members. Of that total, only four passengers and one crew member ...

There they floated. Scared. Traumatized. Six people had just survived the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into a bridge over ...

An American Airlines passenger jet and an Army helicopter collided on Jan. 29 as the plane prepared to land at Washington, ...

plane crash into the Potomac River has drawn parallels to another tragic accident in Washington D.C. On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 struck a bridge connecting Washington D.C. and ...

FBI dive boats were spotted on Wednesday in the area of the Potomac River where the plane involved in the midair collision ...

Lawmakers on a House subcommittee are demanding a briefing on the incident and what steps the Pentagon is taking to prevent another deadly collision.

a former helicopter pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in the Potomac River, reflects on the emotional toll of that rescue as news of a similar tragedy ...

In 1984, NBC aired the made-for-TV film Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac, and the tragedy inspired author Warren Adler to write his novel Random Hearts. Off screens and pages, the story has also ...

WASHINGTON — Crews are working to find any survivors after an American Airlines flight ... The crash was reported around 9 p.m. when gusts may have been stronger. The Potomac River is running ...