Read full article: ‘Risking lives to save others’: Pilot recalls 1982 rescue of Air Florida Flight 90 Donald Usher, a former helicopter pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air ...
On a snowy January afternoon, Air Florida Flight 90 slammed into the 14th Street Bridge soon after takeoff from National Airport, plunging into the icy Potomac River. One television news crew from ...
The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.
Arland Williams' fiancee said he didn't know how to swim and was terrified of the water but he kept a cool head and helped ...
At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13, 1982, immediately following take-off from what was then known Washington National Airport. Unfolding in icy, snowy conditions, the airliner ...