In 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River. 78 passengers, cabin crew members and motorists died. Just five people survived, and only three are still ...

The aircraft was a Boeing 737-200, registered as N62AF. It was built in 1969 and previously flown by United Airlines before being sold to Air Florida in 1980.

In November 2001, American Airlines 587 crashed shortly after takeoff from New York's Kennedy International Airport. All 260 people on board and five people on the ground died in the crash.