In the aftermath of the Jan. 29 air disaster over the Potomac River, the rescue and recovery efforts were stunningly fast — but not as fast as the speculation and rumormongering that flared even as ...

Between the volume of air traffic and the variety of aircraft, the airspace in the Washington area remains among the most complicated and restricted in the country.

Air Florida 90 crashed after takeoff from Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. The plane was on its way to Tampa.

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.

The news of an American Airlines jet and Black Hawk helicopter colliding on Wednesday recalls a similar tragedy that happened 43 years ago.

The 78 fatalities included passengers, cabin crew members and motorists impacted when Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the ...

The aviation disaster near Washington DC has brought up memories of another crash into the Potomac River 43 years ago – the ...

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

A midair collision over the Potomac River near Reagan National Airport recalls the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 disaster.