The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.
A dramatic plane crash in frigid temperatures. And a search and rescue that saved lives on the same partially frozen Potomac ...
A Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge over the river on Jan. 13, 1982, just after taking off from Washington National Airport in ...
We are now at the point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” said John Donnelly, the fire ...
Daniel Izzo, a retired Navy SEAL master chief, has conducted water rescues after plane crashes and says winter conditions in the Potomac River make the situation even more dangerous. "It always seems ...
Among those killed were two with Florida connections: the pilot of the plane, Jonathan Campos, and the son of a Venice couple ...
Several federal and state investigations have been launched after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter ...
I don’t know of any other accident that has had this amount of impact on aviation but also in other industries,” one expert said of the 1982 crash.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been closed until at least 11 a.m. Thursday. Several flights out of Florida have already been canceled.
The Bombardier and Black Hawk helicopter accident echoes another equally tragic incident that occurred in 1982. Of the 84 ...
The deadly crash in the Potomac after an American Eagle jet collided with a military helicopter has stirred memories of a long-ago tragedy in Washington, D.C. An Air Florida flight taking off en route ...
On Tuesday night, just 24 hours before a deadly collision between a military helicopter and a regional jet at Reagan National Airport, a different passenger jet coming in for a landing at the airport ...