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.

At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13, 1982, immediately following take-off from what was then known Washington National Airport.

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.

Air Florida’s Flight 90 stayed airborne for just 90 seconds before crashing into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, DC. The collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and a US Army UH-60 ...

Aug. 5 -- It's been more than 20 years since Air Florida Flight 90 took off from National Airport and crashed onto a bridge in downtown Washington, then plunged into the icy waters of the Potomac ...

On Jan. 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 with 74 passengers and a crew of five onboard, took off from what was then called Washington National Airport and clipped the 14th Street ...

Case in point: the eerily similar crash of Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 that took off from Reagan (then Washington National) on Jan. 13, 1982, stalled, and hit the 14th Street Bridge as it ...