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.

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.

Amid the chaos of a January snowstorm, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the icy Potomac moments after take-off. Panzer and his sound operator George Patterson were nearby and rushed to the scene.

The midair collision over the Potomac River on Wednesday brings back chilling memories of another tragedy in the same waters more than four decades ago—when Air Florida Flight 90, bound for Fort ...

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According to the FAA, Air Florida Flight 90 was originally supposed to depart at 2:15 p.m., but due to snowy conditions at the airport, DCA closed at 1:38 p.m. and did not reopen until 2:53 p.m.

On January 13, 1982, nearly 43 years ago today, a catastrophic crash involving Air Florida Flight 90 claimed the lives of 74 people and 4 motorists, leaving an indelible mark on history.

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.

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 ...

Amid the chaos of a January snowstorm, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the icy Potomac moments after take-off. Panzer and his sound operator George Patterson were nearby and rushed to the scene.

On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 727-200 series, departed from Reagan Washington National Airport in D.C. en route to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with a planned stop in Tampa, and ...