1 day ago · The plane, groaning to gain altitude, struck the massive bridge connecting Arlington with the District, congested with traffic at the time, and then catapulted into the water.

1 day ago · It crashed into the bridge at 4:01 p.m., just 30 seconds after takeoff. Seventy passengers and four crew members on the plane perished. The crash also took the lives of four people in cars on the ...

22 hours ago · Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in 1982. ... and the plane crashed into the bridge with full force. The FAA report concluded that the ice was the main issue, as it prevented ...

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.

1 day ago · A Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge over the river on Jan. 13, 1982, just after taking off from Washington National Airport in a snowstorm. ... a Plane Crash on the Potomac Left 78 People Dead.

1 day ago · Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge above the Potomac River just moments after taking off from National Airport on Jan. 13, 1982.

1 day ago · Tonight’s midair plane crash and search of the Potomac River comes 43 years after a different plane crashed into a bridge and plunged into the river in the winter.

Jan 12, 2024 · It’s been 42 years since Air Florida Flight 90 struggled to take off from Washington National Airport, struck the 14th Street Bridge and then plunged into icy water. But the daring rescue is...

Mar 7, 2023 · The airplane struck the heavily occupied 14th Street Bridge connecting Arlington, Virginia with the District of Columbia, and then crashed into the ice-covered Potomac River. Seventy of the 74 passengers and four of the five crew aboard were killed along with four occupants of vehicles on the bridge.