Scared. Traumatized. Six people had just survived the crash of Air Florida Flight 90 into a bridge over the Potomac River in ...

Unlike the American Airlines crash shortly before 9pm, the Air Florida plane plunged into the ... got hold of the rescue rope. When the tail section of the plane began to sank further into the ...

At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13, 1982, immediately following take-off from what was then known Washington National Airport. Unfolding in icy, snowy conditions, the airliner’s ...