The body of the plane, which was carrying 60 passengers and four crew, was found upside down in three sections in waist-deep water. The last major fatal crash unfolded in Buffalo, NY, when a ...

An American Airlines regional jet collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29. Both aircraft plunged into the Potomac River near Reagan Airport.

Large sections of the plane can then be seen plunging ... the bodies of the remaining victims from the water – two days after the deadly crash. So far, more than 40 bodies have been pulled ...

WASHINGTON – A dramatic plane crash in frigid temperatures ... and then catapulted into the water. The drama captured on TV that afternoon transfixed Washington, and the nation.

The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.

Navy barges are on the way to the D.C. crash site from Virginia Beach to assist with the retrieval of the plane fuselage ... fortunate that they were on the water. While they didn't see the ...

Officials say the bodies of 41 victims of the D.C. plane crash have been recovered from the water, and 28 of those victims have been positively identified Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles/ U ...

The science behind the temperatures? Water transfers heat away from the body 25 times faster than air, according to Johnson.

At least 27 bodies from the plane and one from ... including divers working in water 8 feet deep. Water temperatures were between 33 to 36 degrees near the crash site, posing a high risk of ...