Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)

Mayday Season 13 Episode 2

Overview:
On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 takes off from a snowy runway in Washington D.C, stalls at 300 feet altitude, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing a total of 78 people. The causes were ice on the wings and the pilots' failure to turn on the engines' anti-freeze system, causing erroneous engine instrument readings.

Release Date : 2013-12-23

Genre : Documentary, Drama, Crime

Duration : 45 minutes

Rating : ⭐ 7.4/10 (5 votes)

Actors : Stephen Bogaert

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Other Episodes (Season 13)

Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)
1. Fight to the Death (British European Airways Flight 548)
Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)
2. Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)
Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)
3. Speed Trap (Hughes Airwest Flight 706)
Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)
4. Queens Catastrophe (American Airlines Flight 587)
Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498)
5. Lost in Translation (Crossair Flight 498)
Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870)
6. Massacre Over the Mediterranean (Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870)
Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)
7. Terror in Paradise (Air Moorea Flight 1121)
Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T)
8. Imperfect Pitch (XL Airways Germany Flight 888T)
Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42)
9. Into the Eye of the Storm (Hurricane Hunters NOAA42)
Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)
10. Titanic in the Sky (Qantas Flight 32)

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