The American Airlines plane and helicopter collision is sparking memories of the deadly 1982 Potomac River crash. Forty-three ...

A Boeing 737 crashed into a bridge over the river on Jan. 13, 1982, just after taking off from Washington National Airport in ...

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 crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 ...

But even accounting for serious accidents, "statistically speaking, you're safer in your flight than you were driving in your ...

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

Sen. Cantwell wants the Federal Aviation Administration to be more aggressive when it comes to aviation safety and calls for ...

I don’t know of any other accident that has had this amount of impact on aviation but also in other industries,” one expert said of the 1982 crash.

And a search and rescue that saved lives on the same partially frozen Potomac River. Almost 43 years ago ... four of the five crew members aboard the Boeing 737 also were killed on Jan. 13 ...

The temperature of the Potomac River was hovering just above freezing around the time of Wednesday’s collision, according to ...

As first responders continue to search for victims of the plane crash last night, one local man remembers a similar tragedy ...

It’s a race against time in the freezing waters of the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Rescuers ...