Just seconds after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 slammed into a frozen river in one of the most shocking air disasters in U.S. history. What caused this tragic crash? From icing errors to ...

Air Florida Flight 90’s scheduled departure time was delayed about 1 hour and 45 minutes because of a backlog of arrivals and departures caused by the airport’s temporary closing.

Air Florida Flight 90’s scheduled departure time was delayed about 1 hour and 45 minutes because of a backlog of arrivals and departures caused by the airport’s temporary closing.

The crash of Air Florida Flight 90, Jan. 13, 1982. The backstory: On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 727-200 series, departed from Reagan Washington National Airport in D.C. en ...

Air Florida Flight 90 was scheduled to take off at 2:30 p.m. The plane was late and was de-iced shortly after 3 p.m. Moderate to heavy snow was still falling with temperatures in the low twenties.

Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in 1982. On January 13, 1982, nearly 43 years ago today, a catastrophic crash involving Air Florida Flight 90 claimed the lives of 74 people ...

Donald Usher, a former helicopter park police pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in the Potomac River, reflects on the emotional toll of that rescue as ...

This week’s tragic crash of American Airlines Flight 5342, which went down in a midair collision with a military helicopter about 400 feet above the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National ...

40 years ago, a Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and then fell into the Potomac River, killing 70 of the 74 passengers, and 4 of the 5 crew members, per FAA.