This incident marks a tragic event in the same vicinity where, in 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the river under similar circumstances. More: Plane collides with helicopter, crashes into DC ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — Reporter's Notebook: Forty-three years ago, the D.C. region was rocked by an air disaster that claimed 78 lives. On a snowy January afternoon, Air Florida Flight 90 slammed ...

The recent American Eagle crash conjured up memories of Air Florida Flight 90, another deadly accident involving the Potomac River. As the flight was leaving Washington, D.C. out of Reagan ...

His forthcoming book about Air Florida Flight 90 and the events of Jan.13, 1982, "The Worst Day: A Plane Crash, Train Wreck, and Remarkable Acts of Heroism in Washington, D.C.," will be released ...

David Hume Kennerly/Getty; Mark Reinstein/Getty On Jan. 13, 1982, an Air Florida flight leaving what's now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (formerly Washington National Airport ...

where more than 67 people died following the deadly crash of an American Airlines commercial craft and a military helicopter, it's hard not to recall a similar scene on another bitterly cold January ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Case in point: the eerily similar crash of Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 that took off from Reagan (then Washington National ...

The tail of the Air Florida jet that crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is hoisted from the water by a crane, Jan. 18, 1982, during salvage efforts. The 14th Street Bridge that ...

Trump highlighted the deadly midair crash last week near Ronald Reagan National ... Trump’s taking “swift, decisive action to get adequate staffing in air traffic control facilities and ...