Donald Usher, a former helicopter pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in the Potomac River, reflects on the emotional toll of that rescue as news of a ...

Donald Usher, a former helicopter park police pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in the Potomac River, reflects on the emotional toll of that rescue as ...

Seconds after takeoff from Washington DC, the pilots of a 737 struggle desperately to keep their plane in the air. 79 lives hang in the balance, ... This is the story of Air Florida flight 90.

Air Florida Flight 90 was scheduled to depart from Washington National Airport ... Ormond Beach man was pilot in American Airlines plane crash, reports show. A passenger, Arland D. Williams, ...

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 ...

On Jan. 13, 1982 Air Florida flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge just seconds after taking off from Washington National Airport in a blinding snowstorm. Thirty years have passed since 78 ...

Air Florida Flight 90 was scheduled to take off at 2:30 p.m. ... The pilot decided to use his reverse thrusters to get away from the gate.

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.

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.

Air Florida Flight 90 was scheduled to take off at 2:30 p.m. The plane was late and was de-iced shortly after 3 p.m. Moderate to heavy snow was still falling with temperatures in the low twenties.