Flight 90 did manage to slip the bonds of gravity, albeit for just 30 seconds—gaining a maximum altitude of just 352 feet and traveling a distance of 0.9 miles.

Arland Williams' fiancee said he didn't know how to swim and was terrified of the water but he kept a cool head and helped ...

While Panzer no longer dwells on the horror of that assignment, last week’s collision between a military helicopter and a ...

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.

It then crashed into the bridge at 4:01 p.m., just 30 seconds after takeoff. The 14th Street Bridge, were the plane went down, is just 4.1 miles by vehicle via the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

It came up as a news flash. It brought back memories of the last time we had a fatal crash at Reagan, which was when a plane clipped the 14th Street Bridge and went in through the ice and a number ...

It is the deadliest air travel accident in Washington, DC, since 1982, when a jet crashed into the 14th Street Bridge shortly after takeoff killing 74 people onboard and four in cars on the bridge.

The American Airlines plane and helicopter collision is sparking memories of the deadly 1982 Potomac River crash.

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

You had a helicopter and a plane. That shouldn’t have happened, Trump said when asked to clarify if he said the crash was ... Memorial Bridge to South Capitol Street Bridge, excluding the ...

The Bombardier CRJ-700 plane operated ... of a deadly crash in January 1982 when Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737, took off but quickly plummeted, hitting the 14th Street bridge and crashing ...

WASHINGTON – A dramatic plane crash in frigid temperatures ... National Airport to south Florida, struck the 14th Street Bridge just a few miles from the White House, crushing multiple cars ...