Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac poster

Movie · 1984

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac

Released 1 April 1984 More from 1984 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac is a true story based on the crash of Air Florida flight 90 on January 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. This movie follows the main players throughout the day, with a lot of care taken to re-create what actually went wrong, who died, and who survived. There is a lot of actual footage from the day, as well as accurate representations of aircraft type and airline.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
K Callan
as Barbara Hamilton
42
Richard Masur
as Roger Olian
35
Tony Abatemarco
as Dishevelled Man
32
Jamie Rose
as Marilyn Nichols
24
Kate Vernon
as Donna Adams
22
Kathleen Wilhoite
as Kelly Duncan
19
Chad Lowe
as Al Hamilton
16
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
26years between the oldest and youngest billed
42K Callan — oldest on the call sheet
16Chad Lowe — youngest billed
27average age of the credited cast
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