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- Seven vehicles traveling on the bridge were struck by the 737 and the plane fell into the freezing water. It was later determined that 73 of the people on board the plane died from the impact, leaving only six survivors in the river. In addition, four motorists died in the crash.
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Striking the bridge, which carries Interstate 395 between Washington, DC, and Arlington County, Virginia, it hit seven occupied vehicles and destroyed 97 feet (30 m) of guard rail: 5 before plunging through the ice into the Potomac River. The aircraft was carrying 74 passengers and five crew members.
Jan 12, 2024 · If you've ever used the 14th Street Bridge to get from Arlington into D.C., you may well have driven on a span memorializing Arland D. Williams, Jr. It's not the name most people give to...
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Jan 13, 2022 · On snowy January 13, 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 737 filled with 74 passengers and five crew members crashed into the 14th Street Bridge just after taking off from Arlington's National Airport. Seventy eight people died—four were in cars on the bridge—and the wreckage floated in the icy Potomac River as civilians tried to help
Nov 13, 2009 · On January 13, 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 737-222 plunges into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing 78 people. The crash, caused by bad weather, took place only two miles from...
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Jan 13, 2023 · On Jan. 13, 1982, the plane, on a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by the now-defunct Air Florida en route to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, went into the Potomac...
Jan 13, 2022 · Wreckage and broken ice floats in the Potomac River in Washington, on January 13, 1982, shortly after an Air Florida jetliner hit the 14th Street bridge and crashed into the river. Rescue...
Jan 13, 2022 · 17 hours ago. WASHINGTON (WDVM) — On this day 40 years ago, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed in the 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River shortly after take-off killing 78 people, according to the Washington DC Metropolitan Police Memorial & Museum.
