
An American Airlines local jet rammed an armed forces helicopter near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Terminal in Virginia on Wednesday evening prior to both airplane dropped right into the Potomac River.
Sixty-four individuals got on the airplane, which left from Wichita, Kansas. 3 Military soldiers were aboard the helicopter, which got on a training trip at the time, authorities claimed. No survivors are anticipated.
The occurrence remembers a comparable misfortune that occurred 43 years back.
On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Trip 90 collapsed right into the 14th Road Bridge in midtown Washington, D.C., and dove right into the icy waters of the Potomac.

Groups collect along the icy financial institutions near the scene where the Air Florida Trip 90 collapsed right into the Potomac River, Jan. 13, 1982.
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The Boeing 737-200 that was en path to Tampa fl left from Path 36 at Washington National Airport terminal at 4 p.m., regardless of the unsafe snowstorm problems, according to different media records at the time.
The airplane, battling to acquire elevation, just increased a couple of hundred feet airborne after departure prior to unexpectedly going down towards the bridge, shearing off the tops of autos and collapsing right into the river.
In total amount, 78 guests, team participants and drivers passed away in the accident, according to authorities. 5 individuals were saved from the icy waters of the Potomac.

Employees prepare the facility body of the 737 Air Florida Trip 90 from a barge on the Potomac River, Jan. 21, 1982, in Washington, D.C.
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The National Transport Security Board determined the cause of the crash to be pilot mistake, in addition to incorrect deicing treatments. The Federal Aeronautics Management said in a report that the trip “skilled problem in climbing up promptly complying with turning and ultimately delayed.”
” Loss of control was figured out to be because of decrease in wind resistant lift arising from ice and snow that had actually collected on the aircraft’s wings throughout long term ground procedure at National Airport terminal,” the FAA claimed.

Recuperation initiatives for Air Florida’s trip 90, Jan. 20, 1982, that collapsed right into the Potomac River.
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Steward Kelly Duncan, the only team participant aboard that endured, informed ABC Information in 1982 that the accident appeared unbelievable.
” My following sensation was that I was simply drifting via white and I seemed like I was passing away and I simply believed, ‘I’m not actually prepared to pass away,'” she claimed at the time.