Larry, We’re Going Down




Plane Tales show

Summary: Fundamental errors in dealing with the dangers of winter operations brings a B737 down into the Potomac river, just after take off from Washington National airport.  An apaling accident which was compounded by a poorly organised rescue which occured in the full blaze of publicity.<br> <br> An Air Florida Boeing B737.<br> <br>  <br> <br> The flight path of Flight 90 taken from the NTSB report.<br> <br>  <br> <br>  <br> <br> Images under Creative Commons licence by Peter Duijnmayer, the US Gov NTSB and the Washington Post