The crash of Air Florida Flight 90, caused by insufficient de-icing amid an arctic blast in much of the eastern U.S., claimed the lives of 78 people.

Air Florida Flight 90’s scheduled departure time was delayed about 1 hour and 45 minutes because of a backlog of arrivals and departures caused by the airport’s temporary closing.

The crash investigation revealed a cascade of errors by the pilots of Air Florida Flight 90, an experienced crew that was nonetheless not used to flying in snow and ice.

The crash of Air Florida Flight 90, Jan. 13, 1982. The backstory: On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 727-200 series, departed from Reagan Washington National Airport in D.C. en ...

Just seconds after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 slammed into a frozen river in one of the most shocking air disasters in U.S. history. What caused this tragic crash? From icing errors to ...

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 ...

Here's how weather impacted the Air Florida Flight 90 crash 43 years ago. Over 70 lives were lost that day as the plane crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and slammed into the frozen Potomac River.

This week’s tragic crash of American Airlines Flight 5342, which went down in a midair collision with a military helicopter about 400 feet above the Potomac River near Reagan Washington National ...

78 lives were lost when Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and slammed into the frozen Potomac River. Bad weather impacted that fated flight. Skip Navigation.