This is the one you're thinking of:
Air Florida Flight 90 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There have been others, but Air Florida was the big wakeup call.
This one is suspected to be contaminated wing was well, but some believe it was a bomb or other terrorist act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_Air_Flight_1285
Last edited by tdracer; 20th Dec 2014 at 17:46.
Reason: Edited to add Arrow Air