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The crash was also dramatized in the 1984 made-for-TV movie Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac. Critical Rescue has also dedicated an entire episode to the heroes of the disaster. The flight has also been shown on the show When Weather Changed History on US-based The Weather Channel .
Jan 12, 2024 · The few survivors on Air Florida Flight 90 were brought to the terrifying scene in the Potomac by a series of tragic errors. On Jan. 13, 1982, it had been snowing all day as Flight 90 was set to ...
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Release. April 1, 1984. (1984-04-01) 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.
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Jan 13, 2019 · A storm Jan. 13, 1982, led to one of the most haunting tragedies in Washington, D.C., history: the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, which killed 78.
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Nov 13, 2009 · On January 13, 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 737‑222 plunges into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., killing 78 people. The crash, caused by bad weather, took place only two miles from the ...
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Jan 13, 2023 · WASHINGTON (7News) — Friday marks the 41st anniversary of the Air Florida Flight 90 crash into the Potomac River. On Jan. 13, 1982, the plane, on a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated ...
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Jan 13, 2022 · On snowy January 13, 1982, an Air Florida Boeing 737 filled with 74 passengers and five crew members crashed into the 14th Street Bridge just after taking off from Arlington's National Airport. Seventy eight people died—four were in cars on the bridge—and the wreckage floated in the icy Potomac River as civilians tried to help
