Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and motorists died. Just five people survived, and only three are still alive to ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday released two reports — one on preliminary findings and another on safety ...

At the time of the Flight 90 disaster, Stiley was working for General ... Stiley said he lost consciousness when the plane made impact with the Potomac but awoke when he felt water entering ...

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 ...

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 ...