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    Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington...
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  • Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a 1984 made-for-television drama film about Air Florida Flight 90 that crashed into the Potomac River in 1982; the...
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    (September 23, 1935 – January 13, 1982) was a passenger aboard Air Florida Flight 90, which crashed on take-off in Washington, D.C., on January 13, 1982...
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    chatter among the flight crew during the approach phase of the flight. Another was the January 13, 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90. The NTSB determined...
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    Air Florida was an American low-cost carrier that operated under its own brand from 1972 to 1984. During the period from 1972 to 1978 Air Florida was...
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  • sterile cockpit environment was a contributing factor to the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 on January 13, 1982. The FAA, after more than six years of consideration...
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  • Warren Adler, who wrote the novel after being moved by the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 disaster. In 1999, the novel was made into a motion picture directed...
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  • 1982, saved the life of Priscilla Tirado following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into the frozen Potomac River, Washington, D.C. As passengers were...
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    Tower Air Flight 41 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City, to Miami International...
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  • produced by Cineflix that recounts air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings, bombings, and other mainly flight-related disasters and crises. It reveals...
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    Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 was a scheduled flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, United States, to Miami International...
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    one flight attendant is known to have assisted in rescuing trapped passengers. Air Florida Flight 90, in which Kelly Duncan, the lone surviving flight attendant...
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    Howard to receive fatal injuries from the fall. On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737, clipped the 14th Street Bridge before crashing into...
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    portal Air Ontario Flight 1363 Ryan International Airlines Flight 590 USAir Flight 405 Air Florida Flight 90 Turkish Airlines Flight 301 "Continental Airlines...
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    1982, his mother, Joan, revealed that Kennedy missed being aboard Air Florida Flight 90 by just ten minutes, which crashed into the Potomac River on January...
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    aircraft whose crew affected the rescue of victims after the crash of Air Florida Flight 90. In May 2016, the unit received a replacement for "Eagle Two" with...
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    Air Algérie Flight 5017 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to Algiers, Algeria, which crashed near Gossi, Mali...
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    northeast along the line of Maryland Avenue. On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 clipped the 14th Street Bridge, the northbound I-395 span of the...
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    Airport. All 104 passengers and 6 crew died. January 13, 1982 – Air Florida Flight 90, a 737-222 registered as N62AF, crashed in a severe snowstorm immediately...
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    to takeoff. Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on takeoff in 1982, as a result of ice/snow on its wings. An accumulation of ice during flight can be catastrophic...
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    Fine Air Flight 101 was a scheduled cargo flight from Miami International Airport to Las Américas International Airport, operated by McDonnell Douglas...
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    passenger of Air Florida Flight 90 at the risk of his own life. Arland D. Williams, Jr. - Passenger on ill fated Air Florida Flight 90. Boatswain's Mate...
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    they published an analysis of the role of flight crew self-deception in the 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90, and Trivers dedicated one chapter of his...
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  • guest, who was celebrated for his heroism following the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 on January 13, 1982. Skutnik dove into the icy Potomac River, saving...
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    aircraft against icing in-flight, various forms of anti-icing or deicing are used: A common approach is to route engine "bleed air" into ducting along the...
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    were also featured in this episode: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, ALM Flight 980, and Pan Am Flight 6. Originally run on MSNBC, each episode was narrated...
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    suspended over a controversial bit regarding the 1982 crash of Air Florida Flight 90 that made people believe he had called the airline and asked for...
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    Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (category Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command in North America)
    exceptionally cold weather and a morning of blizzard conditions, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed after waiting 49 minutes on a taxiway and taking off with...
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  • in the form of an analysis of the role of flight crew self-deception in the crash of Air Florida Flight 90. The claim that not being conscious about deception...
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  • January 14, one day after the crash of Air Florida Flight 90, Stern made listeners believe he asked Air Florida the price of a one-way ticket to the 14th...
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