Plane Crash in the Potomac (S03E12)
S03E12
On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 takes off from Ronald Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., bound for Miami, carrying 79 individuals. After enduring several hours of delays due to severe weather, the Boeing 737 barely ascends before plunging into the frigid waters of the Potomac River. In the aftermath, only five people are rescued, while a heartbreaking total of 78 lives are lost, including four victims from the road below.
Show
Seconds From Disaster
Episode
S03E12
Air Date
Sep 27, 2006
Season 3 Episodes
S03E01
Skywalk Collapse
S03E02
Amsterdam Air Crash
S03E03
Kursk: Russia's Nuclear Nightmare
S03E04
King's Cross Fire (London's Subway Inferno)
S03E05
Nairobi Bombing
S03E06
Everglades Plane Crash
S03E07
Titanic
S03E08
Aircraft Carrier Explosion
S03E09
Queens Air Crash
S03E10
Munich Olympic Massacre
S03E11
Superstore Collapse
S03E12
Plane Crash in the Potomac
S03E13
Asian Tsunami