QH 90
13 Jan 1982 · WeatherAIR FLORIDA FLIGHT 90
Boeing 737-200 · Air Florida · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Ice-caked wings and iced engine probes
Wing icing
De-ice procedure
Iced EPR gauges
Aircraft
Boeing 737-200
Air Florida
Route
Washington–National (DCA), USA
→ Fort Lauderdale (FLL), USA
People
79 on board
74 fatalities +4 on ground
Date
13 Jan 1982
Flight crew
Captain: Larry Wheaton
Category
Weather
Microbursts, ice, hail and storms.
THE STORY
Ice-caked wings and wrong engine readings doomed the takeoff. The 737 hit the 14th Street Bridge and sank into the frozen Potomac.