Every commercial jet crash is horrifying, but the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 moments after takeoff from Detroit seemed particularly so. Even the story of the sole survivor, the one ...

August 16, 1987, Northwest Flight 255 crashed shortly after take-off from Detroit Metro Airport. The devastation claimed the lives of six crew members and 148 passengers, along with two people on ...

On Aug. 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed mere minutes after takeoff beneath the Interstate 94 overpass on Middlebelt Road near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

7th deadliest plane crash in US history WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – It’s been 37 years since Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed onto I-94, killing all but one passenger.

ROMULUS, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - It's been 36 years since Northwest Flight 255 crashed after taking off from Detroit Metro Airport, killing 156 people. On August 16, 1987, the flight heading to ...

Tuesday marks 35 years since the deadliest plane crash in Michigan history. On August 16, 1987, Northwest Flight 255 took off from Romulus headed for Arizona — it didn’t make it far.

Flowers and pictures are shown at the memorial Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in Romulus, Mich. to mark the 25th anniversary of the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Now, nearly 33 years after the deadly Northwest Airlines Flight 255 incident, Graves and his Pivotal Awakening bandmate, Mindi Odom, are remembering and sharing his experience through music.

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987, at about 8:46 p.m. All six crew members and 148 of 149 passengers were killed.

On Aug. 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed mere minutes after takeoff beneath the Interstate 94 overpass on Middlebelt Road near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

On August 16, 1987, Bill never made it back to the Valley. Northwest Airlines Flight 255 took off from the Detroit area but didn't make it far. It ended up crashing moments after takeoff.