Arland Williams' fiancee said he didn't know how to swim and was terrified of the water but he kept a cool head and helped ...

a bystander to the Air Florida crash. Skutnik, a Congressional Budget Office employee at the time of the crash, dived into the Potomac River and pulled Priscilla Tirado out of the Potomac River.

It also raised questions about flight safety that ultimately lead to new regulations and procedures to address a string of crashes caused by ice buildup on planes. Here’s what you need to know about ...

Read full article: ‘Risking lives to save others’: Pilot recalls 1982 rescue of Air Florida Flight 90 Donald Usher, a former helicopter pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air ...

(The Washington Post/Getty Images) Wednesday’s incident occurred more than 40 years after the Air Florida crash in 1982, when a passenger plane weighed down by ice on its wings crashed into a ...

This hero, under normal circumstances ... who died in the 1982 Air Florida crash in Washington D.C. The Boeing 737 on Jan. 13, 1982 couldn't climb high enough during takeoff from what was then ...