Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Flight 90 Disaster on the Potomac is a 1984 madefortelevision movie about Air Florida Flight 90 that crashed into the Potomac River.
This caused ice to accumulate on the plane. Most passengers ignore the stewardesses safety talk. The deicing that was done was done improperly. Pilots Larry Wheaton and Roger Pettit seemed unconcerned about ice on the wings. When the plane tries to take off, ice on the sensors causes the pilots to have a false idea of their speed. The plane only gets to 352 feet altitude before it stalls. The plane hits the 14th Street Bridge and crashes into the Potomac River. Bert, Joe, Nikki, Priscilla, Kelly and Arland make it out of the plane and cling to a piece of wreckage in the freezing river. Roger Olain, who was on the bridge plunges into the river to try to help. Meanwhile, friends and relatives learn about the crash. Donald Usher and Melvin Windsor take off in their helicopter. Roger gets close enough to shout encouragement to the survivors. The helicopter rescues Bert, and soon they return try to catch Arland, but passes the rescue line to Kelly. They pull Olain out of the river. Each time when offered the rope, Arland passed it on to Joe, Nikki and Priscilla. Joe is pulled to shore, but a stranger, Lenny Skutnik has to jump in and pull Priscilla to shore. By the time Nikki is rescued, the rescue team returns to the crash site and see Arland has slipped beneath the water and dies.In Florida, Air Florida employees received a bad news to Marilyns husband Larry that Marilyn has died. The survivors start to come to terms with what happened, sent within different hospitals and reunited with their loved ones. ........
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