Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and motorists died. Just five people survived, and only three are still alive to witness news of the American Airlines plane that collided with a U.

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

Air Florida plane hit a bridge and went into the Potomac River. 10 On Your Side's Nick Broadway takes us back to 1982 to show us that tragic day in history.

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

According to the FAA report, “At 1559, Flight 90 was cleared to "taxi into position and hold" and to "be ready for an immediate takeoff." At 1559:28, Flight 90 was cleared for takeoff and told not to delay due to landing traffic which was 2 ½ miles out on approach.”

Several federal and state investigations have been launched after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter collided near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and fell into the Potomac River,

Crews began the complex job of lifting American Airlines Flight 5432 from the Potomac River after it collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in the Washington, D.C., area.