A passenger jet carrying 64 people collided Wednesday night with an Army helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, killing all on board each aircraft and prompting 300 first ...
A flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder were pulled ... was the scene of a deadly crash in January 1982 when Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737, took off but quickly plummeted, hitting ...
An American Airlines commuter jet collided with a military helicopter Wednesday evening during a landing approach in Washington, D.C., causing both aircraft ... of Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing ...
WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board confirmed to USA TODAY on Thursday evening that investigators recovered the cockpit ... jet − Air Florida Flight 90 − plunged into icy ...
PAT25, pass behind the CRJ," an air traffic controller said at 8.47 p.m. on Wednesday. Seconds later, another aircraft called ... were killed when Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th ...
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.
At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13 ... with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport. The aircraft was a Boeing 737-200, registered as N62AF.