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 ...

Several federal and state investigations have been launched after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter ...

The devastating Air Florida Flight 90 crash on Jan. 13, 1982 and subsequent rescue efforts in the ice-covered Potomac River ...

The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.

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.

On Jan. 13, 1982, snow was falling across the D.C region, and the increasingly hazardous travel conditions prompted the ...

Air Florida Flight 90 was scheduled to depart from Washington ... 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 ...

Forty-three years ago, the D.C. region was rocked by an air disaster that claimed 78 lives. On a snowy January afternoon, Air ...

The Potomac River – which flows underneath the bridge connecting Arlington with the District – was frozen. Weather conditions on Jan. 12 had caused Washington National Airport to close, but it ...

No survivors were found in the wreckage overnight. 40 years ago, a Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and then fell into the Potomac River, killing 70 of the 74 passengers ...