Survivor of 1982 DC plane crash credits pilot school lesson with saving his life
After a D.C. plane collision Jan. 29, Joseph Stiley, survivor of an eerily similar 1982 plane crash in D.C., remembers how he ...
The Washington Post16d
Collision recalls 1982 Air Florida crash into the 14th Street Bridge
It crashed into the bridge at 4:01 p.m., just 30 seconds after takeoff. Seventy passengers and four crew members on the plane perished. The crash also took the lives of four people in cars on the ...
American Airlines Plane Crash Follows Strikingly Similar Tragedy on Potomac 43 Years Ago. Only 5 Survived the 1982 Disaster
Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and ...
Survivor of D.C. Crash Relives Escape from Death Despite 60 Broken Bones After Plane Plunged into Potomac in 1982 (Exclusive)
Joseph Stiley, now 86, used his in-flight experience to avoid death in the 1982 plane crash on the Potomac River. Almost ...
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DC plane clash: How Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac in 1982
As the pilots tried to maneuver the plane around the 14th Street Bridge, they couldn’t clear it in time, and the plane ...
43 years ago, another D.C. plane crash and dramatic rescue on the Potomac River
The crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 ...
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Local photojournalist reflects on Air Florida crash in the wake of tragic DC midair crash
While Panzer no longer dwells on the horror of that assignment, last week’s collision between a military helicopter and a ...
DC plane crash recalls similar event in 1982
The news of an American Airlines jet and Black Hawk helicopter colliding on Wednesday recalls a similar tragedy that happened ...
A history of commercial plane crashes and what we learned from them
Collisions like the one between an American Airlines plane and a helicopter over the Potomac River in D.C. this week have led ...
Opinion | The D.C. plane crash recalls another 43-year-old tragedy
Following the deadly crash of an American Airlines commercial craft and a military helicopter, it's hard not to recall a ...
Detroit Free Press16d
DC plane clash: How Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac in 1982
As the pilots tried to maneuver the plane around the 14th Street Bridge, they couldn’t clear it in time, and the plane crashed into the bridge with full force. The FAA report concluded that the ...