Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Air Florida Flight 90 |
Screenplay by | John McGreevey |
Directed by | Robert Michael Lewis |
Music by | Gil Mellé |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Sheldon Pinchuk |
Producers | Bill Finnegan Patricia Finnegan Robin Forman Howard (associate producer) |
Production location | Los Angeles |
Cinematography | Fred J. Konekamp |
Editors | Bernard Balmath Byron "buzz" Brandt |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Production company | Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | April 1, 1984 |
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a 1984 made-for-television drama film about Air Florida Flight 90 that crashed into the Potomac River in 1982; the plane was carrying 74 passengers and five crew members. Four passengers and one crew member (a flight attendant) were rescued from the crash and survived.[1]
Plot
The film introduces the people whose lives will, on January 13, 1982, intersect on Air Florida Flight 90 from
This causes ice to accumulate on the plane. Most passengers ignore the stewardesses' safety talk. The de-icing that is done is done improperly. Pilots Larry Wheaton and Roger Pettit seemed unconcerned about ice on the wings. When the plane tries to take off, ice on the sensors causes the pilots to have a false idea of their speed. The plane only attains 352 feet altitude before it stalls. The plane hits the
In Florida, Air Florida employees pass the bad news to Marilyn's husband Larry that she has died. The survivors start to come to terms with what happened as they are sent to different hospitals and are reunited with their loved ones.
Production
Lenny Skutnik was offered about $1,500 for the rights to his story for the television movie, but turned it down.[1]
Cast
- Jeanetta Arnetteas Patricia 'Nikki' Felch
- Richard Backus as Larry Nichols
- Burke Byrnes as Senior First Officer
- K Callan as Barbara Hamilton
- Larry Cedar as Jordan Hamilton
- Barry Corbin as Bert Hamilton
- Robert Factor as Lenny Skutnik
- Robert Jayne as Glenn Biggs
- Jane Kaczmarek as Donna Olian
- Kerrie Keane as Carole Biggs
- Chad Lowe as Al Hamilton
- Stephen Macht as Joe Stiley
- Dinah Manoff as Priscilla Tirado
- Richard Masur as Roger Olian
- Jack Murdock as Mr. Farrell
- Ken Olin as David Frank
- Donnelly Rhodes as Arland D. Williams Jr.
- Jamie Rose as Marilyn Nichols
- Connie Sawyer as Josie Keefer
- Kate Vernon as Donna Adams
- James Whitmore Jr. as Captain Larry Wheaton
- Kathleen Wilhoite as Kelly Duncan
Reception
The movie was nominated for the Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special and the Outstanding Film Sound Mixing For a Limited Series or a Special at the 36th Primetime Emmy Awards.[citation needed]
External links
Notes
- ^ a b Yoffe, Emily (12 January 2003). "Bridge of Sighs". The Observer. Retrieved 4 February 2024.