The air crash between American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 passenger plane and the Black Hawk military helicopter in Washington DC on Wednesday night warned of the memory of a similar disaster that occurred 43 years ago.
On January 13, 1982, Florida's Air airline departed from Washington National Airport for Fort Lauderdale crashing into the 14th Street Bridge before hitting the Ice-covered Potomac River shortly after taking off.
There were 70 passengers and four crew on board. All dead, along with four people in the vehicle on the bridge.
Investigations carried out by the National Transportation Safety Council at the time determined the crash was caused by several failures including crew failures in removing excessive ice and snow on aircraft wings and engines during ground operations.
The investigation held the flight captain accountable for failing to take off even after he was informed of unfavorable conditions.
The latest news, the police said that the bodies of 18 victims of the American Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 crash with the Black Hawk helicopter were found.
Reuters told CBS News that a team of divers found one of two data recorders, called a black box, from an airplane. The plane crashed on the Potomac river near Washington's Reagan Airport, USA after colliding with a Black Hawk helicopter in the air
The collision in the air occurred when a passenger jet, which was traveling from far away in Kansas, was about to land at Reagan. Radio communications between the air traffic control tower and Black Hawk show the helicopter crew knowing the plane is around the site.
Dozens of people are feared to have died after the American Airlines regional passenger jet with 64 people on board and the US Army Black Hawk helicopter collided and crashed on the very cold Potomac River near Washington's Reagan National Airport.
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Officials did not mention the death toll in Wednesday night's collision, but US Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas suspects most of it, if not entirely, the plane's passengers were killed.
"It's very difficult when you may lose more than 60 Kansan residents simultaneously," he said at a press conference at Reagan airport in the US capital on Thursday morning local time.
American Airlines confirmed 60 passengers and four crew members were on the jet. The helicopter, which was on a training flight, brought three soldiers, a US official said.
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