In 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, ... Pieces of the plane being retrieved from the Potomac River after the 1982 crash.

Joseph Stiley, now 86, used his in-flight experience to avoid death in the 1982 plane crash on the Potomac River. Almost exactly 43 years later, he heard news of the American Airlines crash on the ...

MORE: DC plane crash marks first major commercial crash in US since Buffalo crash in 2009. ... Jan. 20, 1982, that crashed into the Potomac River. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images.

But if you zoom in on Google Maps, the official name is there, paying tribute to a man who sacrificed his life to save others during a shocking 1982 plane crash into a frozen Potomac River.

Back in 1982, 74 people were killed when an Air Florida 737 crashed into the icy Potomac River in Washington DC. Here's how WTTG-TV's coverage looked at the time. Originally aired January 14, 1982.

Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac River in 1982. On January 13, 1982, nearly 43 years ago today, ... Cause of the 1982 Potomac River plane crash.

On Jan. 13, 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River while trying to take off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people. See photos of the… ...

Air Florida was based at Miami airport from early 1970s to the ‘80s. A plane crashed into the Potomac in Washington, DC, in 1982. See photos and story of tragedy.

A survivor of a deadly 1982 plane crash into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., says the Jan. 29 plane collision brought back memories of his unlikely survival more than 40 years ago. The ...

A handful of people survived the Air Florida Flight 90 crash in 1982 which killed 78 others. advertisement. Metro. How five people survived after a plane crashed into the Potomac River 42 years ago.

The Wednesday, Jan. 29, plane crash into the Potomac River has drawn parallels to another tragic accident in Washington D.C. On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 struck a bridge connecting ...