Donald Usher, a former helicopter park police pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air Florida Flight 90 crash in the Potomac River, reflects on the emotional toll of that rescue as ...

Seconds after takeoff from Washington DC, the pilots of a 737 struggle desperately ... This is the story of Air Florida flight 90. Kevin O'Leary on EU willing to go zero-for-zero on tariffs ...

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 ...

At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13 ... In case you missed it: Ormond Beach man was pilot in American Airlines plane crash, reports show A passenger, Arland D.

Air Florida ... A flight controller’s order to hasten Flight 90’s takeoff roll because an Eastern flight was in its final landing approach behind it, giving co-pilot Pettit, who was ...

This incident marks a tragic event in the same vicinity where, in 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the river ... them from critical tasks. As the pilots tried to maneuver the plane around ...

Joseph Stiley, 86, is one of five people who survived that disaster, when Air Florida Flight 90 left what is now Washington ... Siley was a licensed pilot at the time and knew to curl into a ...

This was not a huge storm, but big enough with plenty of cold air in place to cause major problems. National Airport was closed, but reopened at noon. Air Florida Flight 90 was scheduled to take ...

a former commercial airline pilot, told Fox Weather in 2022. Air Florida Flight 90 was initially deiced, but because the flight was delayed, more frozen precipitation accumulated on the plane ...

At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13 ... found that ice also covered critical engine probes, giving the pilots a false reading of the thrust needed for takeoff.