An Air Florida jet crashed into the Potomac in 1982. A look at the tragedy and airline
The deadly crash in the Potomac after an American Eagle jet collided with a military helicopter has stirred memories of a long-ago tragedy in Washington, D.C. An Air Florida flight taking off en route ...
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Helicopter, jet collision recalls 1982 Air Florida disaster that left 78 dead
The collision recalled the crash of an Air Florida flight that plummeted into ... crashed shortly after takeoff from Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. The flight was heading to Fort ...
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Collision recalls 1982 Air Florida crash into the 14th Street Bridge
The midair collision Wednesday night between an American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter is the most severe air travel accident in Washington since a passenger jet ...
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Hero who saved survivors of 1982 Air Florida crash had been a Boca Raton bank president
There they floated. Scared. Traumatized. Six people had just survived the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into a bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., in January 1982. They hung on to the ...
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Air Florida Flight 90: 43 years ago, another airline crash in the Potomac. What to know.
At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13, 1982, immediately following take-off from what was then known Washington National Airport. Unfolding in icy, snowy conditions, the airliner ...
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Helicopter, jet collision recalls 1982 Air Florida disaster that left 78 dead
I was driving south on the George Washington Parkway ... The collision recalled the crash of an Air Florida flight that plummeted into the Potomac River on January 13, 1982, that killed 78 ...