Arland Williams' fiancee said he didn't know how to swim and was terrified of the water but he kept a cool head and helped ...

Only five people survived, and 78 were killed when an Air Florida Flight 90 stalled and crashed just ... under the surface was around 1C and the survivors ended up being in the water ‘from ...

Read full article: ‘Risking lives to save others’: Pilot recalls 1982 rescue of Air Florida Flight 90 Donald Usher, a former helicopter pilot who helped rescue survivors from the 1982 Air ...

The crash of Air Florida Flight 90, caused by insufficient de-icing ... In 2019, WUSA9 spoke with Joe Stiley, one of the survivors of the crash. Stiley, himself a pilot, said he knew the plane ...

At that time, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed on Jan. 13, 1982, immediately following take-off from what was then known Washington National Airport. Unfolding in icy, snowy conditions, the airliner’s ...