The wreckage of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 was strewn over a 3,000-foot crash path that crossed two highway overpasses, according to the NTSB accident report. All of the passenger seats were ...

On June 12, an Air India passenger plane crashed shortly after takeoff, leaving behind 1 survivor. In 1987, a crash in Michigan left 1 girl alive ...

Joan Pontante, left, and Gloria Best place on hearts photographs of family members who died in the Northwest Airlines flight 255 crash in 1987. The Northwest Airlines flight crashed in Romulus ...

In 1987, Cecelia Crocker, then known as Cecelia Cichan, survived the Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crash in Romulus, a suburb of Detroit.

Cecelia Crocker — known as Cecelia Cichan at the time of the 1987 crash — was aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 255 when it crashed in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, killing 154 people on board ...

An Air India flight crashed shortly after takeoff, killing at least 290 people, with one survivor. The tragedy draws parallels to the 1987 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crash, where Cecelia Cichan ...

Instances of lone survivors in plane crashes, while rare, have occurred in the past. In 1987, Cecelia Crocker, then known as Cecelia Cichan, survived the Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crash in ...