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

[@ecastellano5202]

A very sad tragedy, something evitable , never should fly in bad weather specially when is snowing so heavy and planes get engines and other equipment frozen. So sorry to those families that lost loved ones.

[@Seventh7Art]

Αnd now we saw another Potomac River plane crash, after an airliner collided with a military helicopter. This time there was no stalling though.... It was a mid-air collision... January 1982 - January 2025. 67 fatalities this time... 78 fatalities, 43 years ago!

[@Johnfsu]

I remember watching this with my parents as a kid. It stuck with me my whole life. Glad to see its on YT.

[@aragon77]

I remember watching this as a kid, too. The lady in the water who tried too hard to get to safety stayed with me. I wanted to help her, but her. Even as I child, I wanted to do something.

[@Lordestroyer]

Marylander here. I was almost 10, watching the whole thing play out on the news. Sure were a lot of hero’s that day. And that copter pilot was a badass. Thanks for the movie upload!

[@Firstroads]

Hey fellow Marylander

[@Lordestroyer]

@@FirstroadsI’m in Williamsport, just outta Hagerstown, but worked in DC for years. Where you at?

[@EM-pp8gz]

I'd just moved to Tampa days before crash. 20 months earlier the Skyway Bridge collapse in St. Petersburg caused 35 more deaths in Tampa area. Residents were devastated by lost family and friends.😢

[@Laura-i2r9r]

This was a really good movie . I remember watching this on Tv as it happened . Also saw this television movie when it aired. Had it on a VHS tape for awhile . Good to see this movie preserved and now online . Thank you so much . A terrible loss of life . Only 1 flight attendant and 4 passengers survived this 4 crew and 74 passengers perished.,😢😮

[@25FADIII]

About a couple of weeks ago, I saw bits and pieces of this exact upload of this movie based on the January 1982 Tragedy of an Airplane Crashing into the Potomac; which foreshadowed a very similar incident on the Potomac also in Cold and Freezing Weather nearly 2-days-ago. ABC News compared the 2 Crises spanning 43 years from one another.

[@birdlynn417]

Love these movies and times from the seventies and eighties. I was age 24. Glad they have this movie, as I don't think I remember this or know about this flight tragedy, as I was too busy raising two young daughters living on the West Coast at this time. They did a real good job showing this very sad and tragic story. So sorry for all involved. When instincts raise caution in you about anything, we should listen. Don't like the thought of even flying in winter anywhere.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

​@user-uj9dm2iu6nDefinitely more, than a warmer, clear day.

[@timbonjovi]

Me dad was on a flight right behind or in front of flight 90. I remember watching news reports and we were very worried until Dad found out what happened and was able to call us. No cell phones back then, I took quite a while to let us know he was ok

[@SDJ992-q9t]

I saw this a few years ago and it’s very good. It’s also a very good episode on “Air Disasters.” (Season 5, Episode 4: Tragedy on the Potomac)

[@bonniehilt2202]

43 years ago flight 90 crashed into the Potomac, January 29, 2025 a plane collided with a helicopter and crashed into the Potomac.. there were no survivors.

[@RobRyan-c3v]

Amazing there were any survivors in flight 90.

[@Karen-dv3ml]

I don't remember this movie but now a days the flight would be canceled in a snow storm.

[@jinglebell9424]

I worked for Air Florida, I was supposed to meet the flight in Ft Lauderdale. One discrepancy, the de-icers we on, they malfunctioned. Pilot was in too big a hurry to take off. So sad RIP all who lost their lives in this tragedy

[@thomascreary990]

No they weren't so stop trying to cover for their ignorance and they shouldn't have tried to takeoff if they were malfunctioning big red flag

[@Lordestroyer]

They were “OFF.”

[@birdlynn417]

Man to his dog; "I know it's cold outside, if you were a cat you'd have a nice, warm sandbox, but your a dog, so go, go!" 😆🧡

[@Gorboduc]

Suddenly relevant. :/

[@thisaintmuhname1579]

I remember that woman in the river and her eyes. I was 8 years old. I'll never forget that woman and her eyes.

[@Lordestroyer]

Right!? That has stuck with me my entire life.

[@katemaloney4296]

I was 12 when this happened, and her desperate, shocked look still makes me teary.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

If there is buildup on the wings, why in the world would you take off??!

[@mistofoles]

@14:04 - That's Richard Masur , he also played a creepy kiddie chaser in the movie "FALLEN ANGEL" and he was Clarke, the dog handler in THE THING. Oh yeah, he also played grown up Richie in the original TV version of " IT "

[@drewski1535]

Wow 42 years since this crash unbelievable

[@rogerrendzak8055]

42 years.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

I wouldn’t fly anywhere in weather like that!!

[@mistofoles]

The guy with the Magnum moustache knew more about flying the plane than the damn crew did !

[@RobRyan-c3v]

The guy was spot on, but I doubt it's true.

[@mistofoles]

@@RobRyan-c3v IDK, sounds pretty plausible to me.

[@jeanledoux3793]

Amazing documentation of flight 401. I do not blame the pilots for anyone with those circumstances could have cause the crash. It is amazing how many people survived the crash due to the excellent calculations of the pilots. In that situation I am surprised that he saved over 70 people/souls.

[@garlickebagg]

Wasn't Jessica Savage on that plane?

[@SteVibiana]

No, Savitch was killed in a car accident in 1983.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

The only commonality , was that Jessica died when her car went into a canal. She and her date had just finished dinner at a restaurant . Because it was night time and there were no street lights, the canal had been mistaken for a road and they drive into the water where they both drowned.

[@mistofoles]

Hey, I hate to sound pedantic, but when the pilots did the pre-flight check, shouldn't the anti-ice switch have been ON ?

[@30yearsfuelingbigjets]

Larry Wheaton & Rodger pettit. Changed deicing rules forever. They don't deice at the gate anymore...they do it right next to the runway, in a safe area.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

If he was concerned about the weather, why did he go??! I wouldn’t have!

[@susanb4816]

Look at the legroom

[@Firstroads]

People weren't fat then

[@mikey2572]

It’s also a movie. Airplane sets are always wider and more space.

[@DeNyce-]

These were the days before corporate greed. They figured how to reduce the leg space to add more seats to make more money per flight, per aircraft.

[@GeneRogers-di6cl]

OMG- there’s me as as an extra as the navigator on the Eastern Airlines plane at 38:55 and for a few seconds a bit later.

[@haggard54]

The airlines back then put a lot of pressure on the pilots to keep on schedule they probably didn't pay attention to the danger

[@rogerrendzak8055]

Not to mention, they were warm weather pilots (Floridians).

[@thomascreary990]

Anti ice system didn't malfunction the pilots they just didn't activate it they were accommodated to warm weather flying, the pilots were idiots and I blame them and the airlines across the board

[@diannemiller1895]

Snow on ground, svrl inches with weather n the teens so seems appropriate to watch the same. No planes should hav bn allowed to go n air. All flights should hav bn cx'd n weather like that. All those lives lost 😢

[@rogerrendzak8055]

The men in the helicopter, the man who braved the freezing water-Roger, and the man who gave his own life, so other's could survive, were the REAL HEROES, of that day👍👏👏👏!!!! Cause it sure as shit, wasn't those first responders, of that day. Where were they??? Did they not want, to get their feet wet, and earn their pay, saving lives?? It's really embarrassing for police and firemen, when the average 'Joe-blow', does a better job than them, and saves the day. I remember this accident, even 42 years later.

[@williambaker-d7h]

Arland williams was too tangled in the wreakage to take advantage of the rescue.

[@chicagogyrl4846]

“Flights at noon. Be ready at 11.” 😂🤣

[@EM-pp8gz]

What's wrong with you??!! Smiley and laughing emojis on a tragedy where people died??!!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

If it’s snowing like that in Washington, it’s not all that hot in Florida, either, so she better go down to the Caribbean if she wants to wear that! 🤣😂

[@EM-pp8gz]

What's wrong with you??!! Smiley and laughing emojis on a tragedy where people died??!!

[@CharmaineNel-t4n]

😮😮😮😮 Why taking off in a weather like that. Wasn't the airport supposed to be closed.

[@DwayneBrooksSr]

It was in 1982 not 1984

[@LionHeartFilmWorks]

Yes - the event took place in 1982 - this movie was released in 1984

[@chicagogyrl4846]

So the man jumped in for no reason!

[@chicagogyrl4846]

“Life is easy in Florida. You’ll never have a miserable day like this!” No, but you’ll have it hotter and humid than blazes, bugs, and hurricanes! All miserable!! 😂🤣

[@EM-pp8gz]

What's wrong with you??!! Smiley and laughing emojis on a tragedy where people died??!!

[@jeffharper9703]

FAFCO ☝

[@30yearsfuelingbigjets]

Fafco...Florida aviation fueling company...I worked there. I must have refueled that 737 50 times...N-62AF

[@CharmaineNel-t4n]

😮😮😮😮 Where is the coastguards. Where is the boats, divers and so on

[@cathysnook5769]

That’s what I’m asking

[@LPCLASSICAL]

Getting divers suited up and on the scene could take hours. There were no boats handy so it seems. A few men in the kind of kit that surfers wear could have got into the water as they would have had protection against the temperature. But no such surfing suits were available.

[@rogerrendzak8055]

Also, it was 1982. Everything was crappy, back then. Rescue technics, cars, music, the president😏…………

[@katemaloney4296]

What are you talking about?! The Potomac was a literal skating rink. The Coast Guard wouldn't have been able to get there without an ice breaker. Additionally, the water was above freezing, which meant that hypothermia was going to set in around the 5-10 minute mark. No CG boat could've gotten there in time--even at full speed. Everyone on board were killed--if not instantly--in under a minute.

[@katemaloney4296]

​@@rogerrendzak8055 I bet you spent all day thinking up the quippy comeback.

[@micheladerry5681]

si sente da cani

[@doreen0]

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