This time it was Air Florida flight 90, a Boeing 737 that took off on an icy day and hit the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. Four motorists on the bridge were killed as well.

A notable example of which is Air Florida Flight 90, which crashed into the Potomac River shortly after takeoff from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport due to its flight surfaces not being ...

On his way into work, he expected there would be people who’d survived the crash. He was 9 back on Jan. 13, 1982, when Air Florida Flight 90 struck the 14th Street Bridge connecting Arlington with ...