Frozen Flight Crashes In the Potomac River

Gustavo Sorola and Chris Demarais discover the details of Air Florida Flight 90 after it crashed in the frozen Potomac River just after takeoff. A harrowing rescue managed to extract only 6 people after the aircraft struck the 14th Street bridge connecting Arlington, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Find out what happened on this episode of Black Box Down. This episode is sponsored by Shady Rays: go to and use code BLACKBOXDOWN for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses. Lectric eBikes: go to to learn more and explore the epic models Lectric has to offer. Rocket Money: go to to cancel unwanted subscriptions with Rocket Money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Frozen Flight Crashes In the Potomac River is an episode from Black Box Down by Black Box Down.

This episode is 62:08 long.

This episode was published on Jun 1, 2023.

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