Flight 90: Disaster on the 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 were rescued from the crash and survived.
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport. On January 13, 1982, the Boeing 737-222 registered as N62AF crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just after take off from Washington National Airport.
The aircraft involved when still in service with United Airlines in 1975
NTSB diagram of flight path for Air Florida Flight 90
The tail section of Flight 90 being hoisted from the Potomac River