Air Florida Flight 90

flight that crashed in 1982 near Washington (D.C.) National Airport
Event aviation_accident Q2372837
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Air Florida Flight 90

Summary

Air Florida Flight 90 is an aviation accident[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,023 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Air Florida Flight 90 is in the country of United States[3].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's image is recorded as Air Florida Flight 90 tail section recovery.jpg[4].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's instance of is recorded as aviation accident[5].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's instance of is recorded as bridge strike[6].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's operator is recorded as Air Florida[7].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's locator map image is recorded as Air Florida Flight90 NTSB diagram.jpg[8].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's location is recorded as Potomac River[9].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's location is recorded as 14th Street Bridges[10].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's Commons category is recorded as Air Florida Flight 90[11].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's aircraft registration is recorded as N62AF[12].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's point in time is recorded as +1982-01-13T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.873888888889, 'lon': -77.042777777778}[14].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02jf9r[15].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's participant is recorded as Arland D. Williams, Jr.[16].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's has cause is recorded as pilot error[17].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's has cause is recorded as icing conditions[18].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+78'}[19].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+70'}[20].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[21].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[22].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+82'}[23].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's depicted by is recorded as Disaster on the Potomac[24].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[25].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+4'}[26].
  • Air Florida Flight 90's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[27].

Why It Matters

Air Florida Flight 90 ranks in the top 2% of aviation_accident entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,023 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . aviation-safety.net. Retrieved . aviation-safety.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . aviation-safety.net. Retrieved . aviation-safety.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . aviation-safety.net. Retrieved . aviation-safety.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . ntsb.gov. Retrieved . ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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