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Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

Year:

1984

Duration:

120 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

Robert Michael Lewis

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1984-04-01

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Jane Kaczmarek

Jeannetta Arnette

Patricia 'Nikki' Felch

Barry Corbin

Burt Hamilton

Stephen Macht

Joe Stiley

Richard Masur

Roger Olian

Donnelly Rhodes

Arland Williams

Jamie Rose

Marilyn Nichols

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)

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

Did you know?

Trivia

Incorporated original television footage of the survivors as they clung to wreckage and chunks of ice in the freezing water of the Potomac.

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Goofs

Air Florida flight 90 is a Boeing 737 throughout the movie, but the scene right before the impact shows instead a McDonnell Douglas DC-9.

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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.

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The tractor shown "pushing" the aircraft off the gate is a baggage tug, that would not have the weight or the power to move even an empty 737.

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Quotes

Donna Adams: So, are you?

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First Officer Roger Pettit: This is it. This is a losing battle trying to de-ice these things. It gives you a false feeling of security, that's all it does.

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David Frank: The rising executive's all-purpose wardrobe. Ideal for staff meetings, impressing the clients...

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