Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Released: April 1, 1984Runtime: 120 min
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.
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Jeannetta Arnette
as Patricia 'Nikki' Felch
Barry Corbin
as Burt Hamilton
Stephen Macht
as Joe Stiley
Dinah Manoff
as Priscilla Tirado
Richard Masur
as Roger Olian
Donnelly Rhodes
as Arland Williams
Jamie Rose
as Marilyn Nichols
Richard Beauchamp
as Jose Tirado
K Callan
as Barbara Hamilton
Jane Kaczmarek
as Donna Olian
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