Featured Map for 13 January 2023:
Air Florida 90 Anniversary

Today marks the 41st anniversary of the crash of Air Florida 90, a scheduled flight from Washington National Airport to Fort Lauderdale with an intermediate stop at Tampa International Airport. Less than a minute after takeoff, N62AF, a Boeing 737-222, crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River, killing 74 of 79 people aboard the aircraft plus four people on the ground.

Here is the NTSB's synopsis of the accident:

On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737-222 (N62AF), was a scheduled flight to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C. There were 74 passengers, including 3 infants, and 5 crewmembers on board. The flight's scheduled departure time was delayed about 1 hour 45 minutes due to a moderate to heavy snowfall which necessitated the temporary closing of the airport.
Following takeoff from runway 36, which was made with snow and/or ice adhering to the aircraft, the aircraft at 1601 e.s.t crashed into the barrier wall of the northbound span of the 14th Street Bridge, which connects the District of Columbia with Arlington County, Virginia, and plunged into the ice-covered Potomac River. It came to rest on the west side of the bridge 0.75 nmi from the departure end of runway 36. Four passengers and one crewmember survived the crash.
When the aircraft hit the bridge, it struck seven occupied vehicles and then tore away a section of the bridge barrier wall and bridge railing. Four persons in the vehicles were killed; four were injured.

The NTSB determined the probable cause to be pilot error:

The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the flight crew's failure to use engine anti-ice during ground operation and takeoff, their decision to take off with snow ice on the airfoil surfaces of the aircraft, and the captain's failure to reject the takeoff during the early stage when his attention was called to anomalous engine instrument readings. Contributing to the accident were the prolonged ground delay between deicing and the receipt of ATC takeoff clearance during which the airplane was exposed to continual precipitation, the known inherent pitch characteristics of the B-737 aircraft when the leading edge is contaminated with even small amounts of snow or ice, and the limited experience of the flight crew in jet transport winter operations.

Today's Featured Map shows the planned route of the flight.

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Featured Map for 13 January 2023:Air Florida 90 Anniversary

Featured Map for 13 January 2023:
Air Florida 90 Anniversary