Airline crash in the Potomac river?

Question

Airline crash in the Potomac river?

Answer 1

That accident was caused by the pilots expecting the exhaust from the jet ahead of them to keep the ice from reforming..I THINK...anyway, what happened is they iced up their P2T2 probes on the engines, because they did not have their engine anti-ice turned on (These must be on to keep ice out of the inlets and off the probes (electrically heated probes). These little things take pressure and temperature info and send it to the engine computers, known as (DEECS). These tell the fuel control unit how much fuel to give..which in turn gives more thrust...They were getting error readings..basically they were indicating take-off power..when in fact they were not...which resulted in the low speed high angle climb out...which then resulted in a stall and bang...into the bridge...and spill into the river....Hope this helps...

Jonathan S

ATP-LRJET,HS-125,G-V

CFI/AGI

Answer 2

Are you asking if there was a plane that crashed in the Potomac, or telling us that a plane crashed in the Potomac?

If your asking, go here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Florida...

Answer 3

Palm 90 captain's last words to the passengers.

"The good news, ladies and gentlemen, is that the weather is clear and warm for our arrival in Miami. The bad news is we'll have to stop for ice."

Last cockpit voice recording:

First officer: "Ah man, that doesn't look right"

Captain: "We'll cross that bridge when we get to it."

Answer 4

The airline was Air Florida in 1982

* My mom was the next plane to take off when Air Florida when down. She was a flight attendant for American Airlines

Answer 5

You are most likely referring to the accident in 1982 when Air Florida flight 90 (Palm 90) stalled after departure from Washington National (now Reagan) in poor weather conditions and struck the 14th Street bridge over the Potomac river fatally injuring most of the people on board and several on the bridge.