By Jin Yu Young The crash Wednesday was reminiscent of another air disaster on the Potomac River more than 40 years ago. On Jan. 13, 1982, a passenger jet bound for Tampa, Fla., struck a bridge ...

In the 1960s, the Potomac River was declared a “national disgrace” by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Decades later, the condition of the river has earned a “B” from the Potomac River ...

WASHINGTON D.C., DC — The first report of a plane crash over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. came in at 8:48 p.m. ET Wednesday, Jan. 29 as an American Airlines flight was about to land at Ronald ...