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elleng

(140,459 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2025, 10:36 PM Jan 2025

'Small plane' down in Potomac, near National.

Recalls former accident
Date January 13, 1982
Summary Stalled and crashed shortly after take off due to lack of de-icing and pilot error
Site Potomac River, Washington, D.C.
38°52′35″N 77°02′33″W
Total fatalities 78
Total injuries 9

THIS one, Sikorsky helicopter crashes into passenger plane.