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S13E02: Disaster on the Potomac (Air Florida Flight 90)On 13 January 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 takes off from a snowy runway in Washington D.C, stalls at 300 feet altitude, strikes a road bridge and crashes into the Potomac River, killing a total of 78 people. The causes were ice on the wings and the pilots' failure to turn on the engines' anti-freeze system, causing erroneous engine instrument readings.
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Air Date:
Dec 23, 2013
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45 minutes
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Casts:
Stephen Bogaert
