Air Florida Flight 90 Crash Site

Arland dean williams jr.

Air florida flight 90 crash site. The plane on a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by the now defunct air. 13 1982 air florida flight 90 crashed into the potomac river in washington d c. Domestic passenger flight operated by air florida from washington national airport now ronald reagan 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. Air florida flight 90 was a scheduled u s.

With jeannetta arnette barry corbin stephen macht dinah manoff. Sunday marks the 37th anniversary of the air florida flight 90 crash into the potomac river on jan. The investigation into the crash of air florida flight 90 was led by the national transportation safety board ntsb. 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.

They concluded that the probable cause of the crash was the flight crew failure to use engine anti ice during ground operation and takeoff their decision to take off with snow ice on the airfoil surfaces of the aircraft and the captain s failure to reject the. Air florida flight 90 was a scheduled u s. Air florida flight 90 was a scheduled u s. Only five people survived the crash including joe stiley.

On january 13 1982 air florida flight 90 crashes into the 14th street bridge over the potomac river in washington d c resulting in 78 fatalities. 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.