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Arland Dean Williams Jr. (September 23, 1935 – January 13, 1982) was a passenger aboard Air Florida Flight 90, which crashed on take-off in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 1982, killing 74 people. One of six people to initially survive the crash, he helped the other five escape the sinking plane before he himself drowned.
The flight took off at about 6:30 PM. Two minutes after departure one of its engines lost power. Two minutes after departure one of its engines lost power. The crew declared an emergency, telling air traffic controllers that the right engine had flamed out , and requested to immediately return to the airport.
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
The pilot’s comforting words came just before the flight took off at 7:22 p.m. Thursday, according to public flight records — and less than 23 hours after an American Airlines passenger plane ...
Most of the flights were offered by American Airlines, [41]: 1 [42] and the airline was described as having a virtual monopoly on the route. [41]: 2 Around 90% of the passengers on the accident flight were of Dominican descent. [43] The Guardian described the flight as having "cult status" in Washington Heights, a Dominican area of Manhattan. [43]
Preliminary flight data from the deadly plane crash near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., shows conflicting readings about the altitudes of a passenger jet and Army helicopter that ...
A Virginia family of four who dedicated their lives to figure skating and each other were among the victims who died in Wednesday's devastating plane crash near Reagan National Airport.. Business ...
Pan Am Flight 526A, a Douglas DC-4, took off from San Juan-Isla Grande Airport, Puerto Rico, at 12:11 PM AST on April 11, 1952 on a flight to Idlewild International Airport, New York City with 64 passengers and five crew members on board. [1] Due to inadequate maintenance, engine no. 3 failed after takeoff, followed shortly by engine no. 4. [2]