Authorities believed it was Arland Williams Jr., 46, a former Boca Raton bank president ... DC plane clash: How Air Florida ...

Arland Williams Jr. was a Mattoon native and a passenger on a flight out of Reagan Airport in 1982. His flight never reached its destination and crashed into the Potomac River on takeoff.

Williams at that time was a bank examiner working for the Fed in Atlanta. DC plane clash: How Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the Potomac in 1982 Arland Williams, 44, who died in the 1982 Air ...