"Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac" (1984) Plane Crash TV Disaster Movie

On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., resulting in 78 fatalities. The made-for-TV movie - which aired on April 1, 1984 - recreates one of the most horrific air crashes in American history, one that unfolded on live TV.

After just thirty seconds in the air, and achieving a maximum altitude of only 350 feet, this plane on its way to Fort Lauderdale, FL crashed onto the 14th Street Bridge and then into the ultra-frigid Potomac River. Of the five crew members onboard, only one of them survived (with serious injuries); of the seventy-four passengers, all but four of them died; and on the bridge, four motorists sustained fatal injuries. The plane had not been properly de-iced before taking off from National; and rescue efforts were deemed to be extremely flawed.

What might otherwise have been a garden-variety air disaster TV film got a very good treatment by use of a lot of authentic video footage from that actual day, and a desire by both director Robert Michael Lewis and screenwriter John McGreevey not to overdramatize things. There are some fairly familiar faces in the cast (Stephen Macht; Richard Masur; Barry Corbin, etc.), but this isn't a spot-the-star affair meant to exploit a horrible tragedy. It isn't always perfect, but it thankfully sticks to the facts without being gratuitous in the way things are presented.

For education, entertainment and enlightenment. We hope you enjoy and even learn something.

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