Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac (1984)

The True Story

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie follows the main players throughout the day, with a lot of care taken to re-create what actually went wrong, who died, and who survived. There is a lot of actual footage from the day, as well as accurate representations of aircraft type and airline.

Date of release
1984-04-01
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama, TV Movie
Director
Robert Michael Lewis

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Air Florida Flight 90

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a 1984 made-for-television drama film about Air Florida Flight 90 that crashed into the Potomac River in 1982; the plane was carrying 74 passengers and five crew members. Four passengers and one crew member were rescued from the crash and survived.

Production

Lenny Skutnik was offered about $1,500 for the rights to his story for the television movie, but turned it down.

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