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1 April 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
THE TRUE STORY. [Video] morePlot:
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. moreUser Comments:
"Be careful when you aboard a frozen airplane...." moreCast
(Credited cast)| Jeanetta Arnette | ... | Patricia 'Nikki' Felch | |
| Barry Corbin | ... | Burt Hamilton | |
| Stephen Macht | ... | Joe Stiley | |
| Richard Masur | ... | Roger Olian | |
| Donnelly Rhodes | ... | Arland Williams | |
| Jamie Rose | ... | Marilyn Nichols | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tony Abatemarco | ... | Dishevelled Man | |
| Richard Backus | ... | Larry Nichols | |
| Richard Beauchamp | ... | Jose Tirado | |
| Burke Byrnes | ... | Senior First Officer | |
| K Callan | ... | Barbara Hamilton | |
| Larry Cedar | ... | Jordan | |
| Tamar Cooper | ... | Head Nurse | |
| Brenda Currin | ... | Ticket Agent | |
| Robert Factor | ... | Lenny Skutnik | |
| Robert Jayne | ... | Glenn Biggs (as Bobby Jacoby) | |
| Jane Kaczmarek | ... | Donna Olian | |
| Kerrie Keane | ... | Carole Biggs | |
| Perry Lafferty | ... | Senior Captain | |
| Jack Lindine | ... | Driver | |
| Lawrence Lott | ... | Steve Schemering | |
| Chad Lowe | ... | Al Hamilton | |
| Dinah Manoff | ... | Priscilla Tirado | |
| Wade Mayer | ... | CB Owner | |
| Jack Murdock | ... | Mr. Farrell | |
| Ken Olin | ... | David Frank | |
| Jack Rader | ... | Gene Windsor | |
| Stan Roth | ... | Resident Doctor | |
| Thomas Ryan | ... | Loud Window Passenger | |
| Connie Sawyer | ... | Josie Keefer | |
| Steve Tannen | ... | Don Usher | |
| Kate Vernon | ... | Donna Adams | |
| Frank Kahlil Wheaton | ... | Doctor | |
| James Whitmore Jr. | ... | Captain Larry Wheaton | |
| Kathleen Wilhoite | ... | Kelly Duncan | |
| Bruce Wright | ... | Co-Pilot Roger Pettit | |
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Flight 90 (Philippines: English title) (theatrical title)Flight No. 90
Florida Flight 90
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120 minCountry:
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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFilming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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Incorporated original television footage of the survivors as they clung to wreckage and chunks of ice in the freezing water of the Potomac. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Some close-up shots of the parked Boeing 737 in Miami show its registration as being N81AF. The real registration of the aircraft was N62AF, accurately depicted in the flight deck. moreQuotes:
[Marilyn has the glow of a pregnant woman]Donna Adams: So, are you?
Marilyn Nichols: Am I what?
Donna Adams: Didn't you get the results from the tests back *yesterday*?
[pause]
Donna Adams: So, are you?
Marilyn Nichols: [big smile on her face] Of course!
[the two women laugh and hug]
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A good reenactment of the facts of Jan.13th 1982, when AF90 sunk in the freezy Potomac river. How can an air crash change the vision of the survivors about life? We can see in this picture the workers, stewardesses, pilots and passengers amidst a strong snow storm, and the worry of some of them ,specially Joe Stiley(Stephen Macht) about the ice in the wings,and when he asks about it, nobody answers. The actitude of some survivors, as Arland Williams(Donnely Rhodes) is enough to make you understand the meaning of life in a critic situation. I think this is one of the most dramatic scenes of the movie. We see also the drama behind the rescue workers in the helicopter and the efforts to save these shocked people of a frozen river. And the special effects, in the moment when airplane starts to stall and everything falls from the roof of the plane, the safety position of Joe, Nikki Felch, Bert Hamilton and Kelly Duncan( a great play of Kathleen Wilhoite as the youngest stewardess)
This picture shows us an important lesson: You must be very crazy to aboard an airplane in a snow storm, unless you are sure you won't end your flight in an ice trap.