The plane crash occurred on Wednesday night in Washington DC, in which 67 people died after hitting a plane with a military helicopter, recalls another tragedy that lived the US capital more than 40 years ago. In 1982, Air Florida’s 90 flight crashed shortly after taking off, falling to the Potomac Riverand 74 of their occupants and four passersby died. Only five people survived.
The city of Washington lived on Wednesday a new plane crash, when a PSA Airlines Bombardier plane crashed in the air with a H-60 Sikorsky helicopter, near Ronald Reagan National Airport. For now, Emergency services rule out that there are survivors Among the occupants of the plane and the helicopter.
On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight took off from the then called Washington DC National Airport In full snowstorm. According to the flight plan, that Boeing 737 was heading to Fort Lauderdale in Florida, with a scale in Tampa.
But shortly after its takeoff, without still taking enough height, He rushed to the ground and crashed Against the 14th street bridge, falling on the Potomac River, which crosses the US capital, very close to the White House, the Pentagon and the Memorial Jefferson.
According to subsequent investigations, the pilot’s error, for taking off in adverse weather conditions, and the poor defrosting of the plane’s wings They were the most likely causes of that tragedy. In fact, the day of the accident, the airport has just opened its operations after staying for hours closed by a snowstorm. The temperature was four degrees below zero at that time.
74 passengers on board were traveling on that flight, of which 70 died; and five crew, of which four died. In addition, four other passersby died when their vehicles were crushed by the remains of the plane. As is happening from the eve, The rescue operation in the Washington River were complicated due to ice Already the low temperatures.
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