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At 4:01 pm EST, it crashed into the 14th Street Bridge across the Potomac River, 0.75 nmi (0.9 mi; 1.4 km) from the end of the runway. The plane hit six cars and a truck on the bridge, and tore away 97 feet (30 m) of the bridge's rail and 41 feet (12 m) of the bridge's wall. [4]: 5 The aircraft then plunged into the freezing Potomac River.
The latest crash over the Potomac River has also brought back memories of a 1982 disaster in which Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737, crashed into a bridge seconds after taking off from ...
Watch live from the Potomac River on Tuesday, 4 February, where recovery efforts continue after an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed ...
Watch live as recovery efforts continue in the Potomac River on Monday, 3 February, after the Washington DC plane crash, in which an American Airlines jet and a US Army Black Hawk helicopter ...
"Potomac River plane crash" may refer to: Air Florida Flight 90 − 1982 aviation accident in which a Boeing 737 operated by Air Florida crashed into the Potomac River due to equipment failure. PSA Airlines Flight 5342 − 2025 mid-air collision between PSA Airlines flight and a U.S. Army Black hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.
Arland Dean Williams Jr. (September 23, 1935 – January 13, 1982) was a passenger aboard Air Florida Flight 90, which crashed on take-off in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 1982, killing 74 people. One of six people to initially survive the crash, he helped the other five escape the sinking plane before he himself drowned.
The crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 aboard the flight survived. 43 years ago, another D.C. plane crash and ...
On Jan. 13. 1982, 74 people were killed when Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge connecting Arlington, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and fell into the frozen Potomac River.