The North American X-15 was built to flirt with the edge of space, not to cross it by accident. Yet on a research mission labeled Flight 90, a routine test profile slipped just far enough out of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week's tragic crash of American Airlines Flight 5342, which went down in a midair collision with a military helicopter about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On Jan. 13, 1982, tragedy struck as a plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge, leading to dozens of ...

Air Florida Flight 90 took off from Washington in a snowstorm, but ice, confusion, and bad cockpit decisions sent it crashing into the Potomac. The 737 barely lifted off before stalling and striking ...

American Airlines Flight 5342 and a Sikorsky H-60 helicopter collided near Reagan Washington National Airport on Wednesday night. All 64 people – 60 passengers, 4 crew members – aboard AA's flight and ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Rescue efforts continued Thursday in the Potomac River after a midair collision Wednesday night near Washington, D.C., where an Army helicopter flew into the path of an ...

The only good thing that comes out of an aviation accident is that sometimes we learn from it and use this knowledge to prevent future accidents. This message was driven home by an accident involving ...

WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Wednesday marks the 39th anniversary of the Air Florida Flight 90 crash into the Potomac River on January 13, 1982. The plane, on a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by ...