I was young but dont remember much about the accident. Learned a lot about it from stepfather who is a pilot. Very sad crash and glad there were heroes thay saved the few lives
Anyone remember air florida flight 90?
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Yes I do. Sort of forgot about it since many disasters since.
I walked into a bodega and all the people in it were oddly silent. They were focused on the Spanish language radio.
One of the guys looked at me and likely immediately concluded that I didn't speak Spanish and said, "A big plane went down in D.C."
edit: That photo is amazing. Where was it taken?
One of the guys looked at me and likely immediately concluded that I didn't speak Spanish and said, "A big plane went down in D.C."
edit: That photo is amazing. Where was it taken?
Yes, I was pulling alert at Andrews AFB when it went down. I watched the whole thing live on TV, amazing heroes that day.
My dad crossed that bridge every weekday for work...fortunately he left work late that day...
Watched the reporting of the crash on CNN live. One of my first memories from cable tv which I hadn't had that long. Remember John Holliman reporting from the bridge. Some heroic rescues from the the icy water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ckGmOgdMXY
Link to the NG show on the crash.
I remember the crash well. Sad day.
Link to the NG show on the crash.
I remember the crash well. Sad day.
That is not a real picture of flight 90.
Remember this accident well. Mostly I remember Mr. Lenny Skutnik jump into the frozen Potomac to aid a woman too weak to hang on to a rope from a helicopter. Lenny Skutnik was the bravest man of all that day. A much better man than I am. An accident that didn't need to happen. Pilot Error.
Originally Posted By: Yah-Tah-Hey
Remember this accident well. Mostly I remember Mr. Lenny Skutnik jump into the frozen Potomac to aid a woman too weak to hang on to a rope from a helicopter. Lenny Skutnik was the bravest man of all that day. A much better man than I am. An accident that didn't need to happen. Pilot Error.
Yeah, very stupid pilot and should have been properly de iced and used engine anti ice.
Remember this accident well. Mostly I remember Mr. Lenny Skutnik jump into the frozen Potomac to aid a woman too weak to hang on to a rope from a helicopter. Lenny Skutnik was the bravest man of all that day. A much better man than I am. An accident that didn't need to happen. Pilot Error.
Yeah, very stupid pilot and should have been properly de iced and used engine anti ice.
Originally Posted By: Zee09
Yes I do. Sort of forgot about it since many disasters since.
What in the world is that a actual pic of? I bet you photoshopped that
Yes I do. Sort of forgot about it since many disasters since.
What in the world is that a actual pic of? I bet you photoshopped that
Final Destination 6?
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Originally Posted By: Yah-Tah-Hey
Remember this accident well. Mostly I remember Mr. Lenny Skutnik jump into the frozen Potomac to aid a woman too weak to hang on to a rope from a helicopter. Lenny Skutnik was the bravest man of all that day. A much better man than I am. An accident that didn't need to happen. Pilot Error.
Yeah, very stupid pilot and should have been properly de iced and used engine anti ice.
And yet, in another thread, we have video of pilots taking off without being de-iced....
Originally Posted By: Yah-Tah-Hey
Remember this accident well. Mostly I remember Mr. Lenny Skutnik jump into the frozen Potomac to aid a woman too weak to hang on to a rope from a helicopter. Lenny Skutnik was the bravest man of all that day. A much better man than I am. An accident that didn't need to happen. Pilot Error.
Yeah, very stupid pilot and should have been properly de iced and used engine anti ice.
And yet, in another thread, we have video of pilots taking off without being de-iced....
Hahhh, definitely looks like the western side of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge...I think this one is the most realistic of this guy's "Apocalypse" art...a lot of his stuff just looks like bad CGI from 15 or more years ago.
That plane is way newer as well. The 737 from flight 90 was a 100 or 200, with the cigar looking engines.
Mr. Skutnik was origionallly from my state. I remember being very proud. I'm glad he was able to have a normal life after that as far as I know. Some people have a tough time dealing with that kind of event.
It was a -200.
IIRC, the aircraft had been held awaiting a clearance for a long time after it had been properly squirted with glycol.
IIRC a little more, this flight would have been fine had the crew shoved the loud levers all the way forward during their takeoff run.
They didn't and left the runway with too little airspeed.
A tragic event, but then DCA isn't the greatest airport either.
A combination of errors and miscalculations, as is true of most airline accidents.
IIRC, the aircraft had been held awaiting a clearance for a long time after it had been properly squirted with glycol.
IIRC a little more, this flight would have been fine had the crew shoved the loud levers all the way forward during their takeoff run.
They didn't and left the runway with too little airspeed.
A tragic event, but then DCA isn't the greatest airport either.
A combination of errors and miscalculations, as is true of most airline accidents.
The first time I took a train past DC (back in the late 80's) that was the first thing I thought of going over the Potomic. I remembered the news footage vividly as we passed by.
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It was a -200.
IIRC, the aircraft had been held awaiting a clearance for a long time after it had been properly squirted with glycol.
IIRC a little more, this flight would have been fine had the crew shoved the loud levers all the way forward during their takeoff run.
They didn't and left the runway with too little airspeed.
A tragic event, but then DCA isn't the greatest airport either.
A combination of errors and miscalculations, as is true of most airline accidents.
The crew did not activate anti-ice measures. The result was engine instrumentaton probes iced over and gave erroneous readings.This led the crew to think they were at full engine power, but in reality the engines were making substantially less. Simply pushing power levers to max when they realized the takeoff run was slow would have saved the plane and passengers.
It was a -200.
IIRC, the aircraft had been held awaiting a clearance for a long time after it had been properly squirted with glycol.
IIRC a little more, this flight would have been fine had the crew shoved the loud levers all the way forward during their takeoff run.
They didn't and left the runway with too little airspeed.
A tragic event, but then DCA isn't the greatest airport either.
A combination of errors and miscalculations, as is true of most airline accidents.
The crew did not activate anti-ice measures. The result was engine instrumentaton probes iced over and gave erroneous readings.This led the crew to think they were at full engine power, but in reality the engines were making substantially less. Simply pushing power levers to max when they realized the takeoff run was slow would have saved the plane and passengers.
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