‘Risking lives to save others’: Ex-pilot recalls 1982 rescue of Air Florida Flight 90 passengers
Donald Usher, a former helicopter pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in the Potomac ...
40 years ago, a Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge and then fell into the Potomac River, killing 70 of the 74 passengers, and 4 of the 5 crew members, per FAA. Several ...
Air Florida Flight 90 was scheduled to depart from Washington ... It was carrying 74 passengers and five crew members. Of that total, only four passengers and one crew member were rescued from ...
The recent crash and rescue on the icy river between DC and Virginia sparks memories of Air Florida's 1982 disaster.
‘Risking lives to save others’: Ex-pilot recalls 1982 rescue of Air Florida Flight 90 passengers
Donald Usher knows the race to rescue well. In January 1982, Usher was piloting a park police helicopter on a frigid day when Air Florida Flight 90, bound for Fort Lauderdale, crashed into the ...
Several federal and state investigations have been launched after an American Airlines flight and a military helicopter ...
A passenger jet carrying 64 people collided ... This incident marks a tragic event in the same vicinity where, in 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the river under similar circumstances.
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