A passenger on an American Airlines flight bound for Miami captured the captain’s heartfelt words in a video taken a day after a deadly plane crash near Washington, D.C.

The 1982 crash happened moments after takeoff in icy conditions in roughly the same place as Wednesday's collision between a jet and Army helicopter.

The captain of the American Airlines jet involved in the tragic collision with an Army helicopter in Washington D.C. had studied in Florida on his journey to becoming a pilot. Jonathan Campos, 34, was captaining the plane that was carrying 60 passengers and three other crew members when there was a collision with an Army helicopter carrying three soldiers collided in midair Wednesday night.

Here's what we know. Jonathan Campos of Ormond Beach, Florida: Pilot of AA5342 Jonathan Campos was serving as captain of American Airlines Flight 5342 in the Washington,

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has been closed until at least 11 a.m. Thursday. Several flights out of Florida have already been canceled.

Among the victims of the deadly crash involving a jet plane and helicopter over Washington, D.C. are two pilots with ties to Central Florida.

Both the captain, Jonathan J. Campos, 34, and the co-pilot, Sam Lilley, 28, had been flying for years, according to family and friends.

Three flights from RSW into Washington D.C.'s DCA have been canceled Thursday after an American Airlines passenger plane collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday night.

The captain of the American Airlines jet in a deadly midair collision with an Army helicopter late Wednesday over Washington D.C. was an Ormond Beach, Florida, resident who’d dreamed since childhood of becoming a pilot.

A pilot on the American Airlines jet that was involved in a deadly crash near Washington D.C. Wednesday night was a graduate of a Florida university, officials confirmed.

The plane collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac, killing 67 people. The four-member plane crew was based in Charlotte.