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NTSB's diagram of flight path for Air Florida Flight 90 The tail section of Flight 90 being hoisted from the Potomac River following the airplane's crash. Adding to the plane's troubles was the pilots' decision to maneuver closely behind a DC-9 that was taxiing just ahead of them prior to takeoff, due to their mistaken belief that the warmth ...
After a D.C. plane collision Jan. 29, Joseph Stiley, survivor of an eerily similar 1982 plane crash in D.C., remembers how he fought to survive in the freezing Potomac.
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a 1984 made-for-television drama film about Air Florida Flight 90 that crashed into the Potomac River in 1982; the plane was carrying 74 passengers and five crew members. Four passengers and one crew member (a flight attendant) were rescued from the crash and survived. [1]
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 crash and rescue on the icy river connecting Washington, DC and Virginia had similarities to this one. Five of the 79 aboard the flight survived. 43 years ago, another D.C. plane crash and ...
WATCH: Crews begin removing wreckage from Potomac River after deadly DC plane crash. 17:24, Graig Graziosi. First major pieces of wreckage have been pulled from Potomac River crash site.
"Potomac River plane crash" may refer to: Air Florida Flight 90 − 1982 aviation accident in which a Boeing 737 operated by Air Florida crashed into the Potomac River due to equipment failure. PSA Airlines Flight 5342 − 2025 mid-air collision between PSA Airlines flight and a U.S. Army Black hawk helicopter over the Potomac River.
The crash came just weeks after the 43rd anniversary of an Air Florida flight going down in the Potomac due to bad weather, killing 78 people on Jan. 13, 1982. With Post wires Show comments