Air Florida Flight 90 Pilots
Only five people survived the crash including joe stiley.
Air florida flight 90 pilots. Viewer discretion advised air florida flight 90 was an air florida flight of a boeing 737 airliner that crashed into the 14th street bridge across the potoma. 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 a boeing model 737 200 series airplane was a scheduled flight from washington dc to fort lauderdale florida with an intermediate stop in tampa. Because of snowfall the airport was closed for snow removal from 13 38h to 14 53h.
Approximate time of departure for flight 90 was originally scheduled for 1415 local time. The snow ended around 3 00 p m and air florida flight 90 was the first flight to be cleared for takeoff at national airport. 13 1982 air florida flight 90 crashed into the potomac river in washington d c. Was closed by a heavy snowstorm.
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. There were 74 passengers and a crew of four on board. Air florida flight 90 was scheduled to leave washington national airport at 14 15h est for a flight to fort lauderdale international airport fl with an intermediate stop at the tampa fl.
Air florida flight 90 was a scheduled u s. Co pilot roger pettit was at the controls as the pf during the air florida flight 90 accident.
