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Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
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Air Florida Flight 90
1982 airliner crash near Washington, D.C.
Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport, that crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boeing 737
Single-aisle airliner family by Boeing
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Washington, D.C.
Capital city of the United States
Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia and commonly known as simply Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
14th Street bridges
3 bridges across the Potomac River connecting Arlington, VA and Washington, D.C., USA
The 14th Street bridges refers to the three bridges near each other that cross the Potomac River, connecting Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Sometimes the two nearby rail bridges are included as part of the 14th Street bridge complex. A major gateway for automotive,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Potomac River
River in the Mid-Atlantic United States
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