"It had grown from a small, little, regional airline to, especially after World War II, it became a global airline," said Kitt, executive director of the Northwest Airlines History Center.

1934 as Northwest Airlines, Inc. and introduced service to the east coast. During World War II, the company operated a bomber modification center at St. Paul’s Holman Field and flew military ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ... 16 Aug, 1987: A Northwest Airlines flight crashed just after taking off in Romulus, Michigan, striking light poles, a rental ...

Minnesota Live intern Carly Berglund and photojournalist Bill Middeke visit the Northwest Airlines History Center, located inside the Crown Plaza in Bloomington, to learn more about the history ...

It's been 36 years since Northwest Flight 255 crashed after taking ... crash is considered the deadliest plane wreck in Michigan history. Thiede was 21 at the time of the crash and a rookie ...

But when it went into effect four months later, Magary’s Northwest Airlines took it a step further. Northwest became the first major airline to impose a total domestic-flight ban. It was a ...

October 30 had become the deadliest day in the history of commercial aviation up to that point. Northwest Airlines Flight 5 was a regularly scheduled, multiple-stop flight from Chicago to Seattle.

Japanese Americans and groups calling for the closure of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma blocked ... an organizer with Tsuru for Solidarity, said history is being repeated through ...

(CBS DETROIT) - It has been 37 years since Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed after taking off from Detroit Metro Airport, marking the deadliest plane crash in Michigan's history. All but one ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — A man is injured after a shooting near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest D.C. on Wednesday night, according to the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).

Many still remember the tragedy that struck Michigan 37 years ago — the deadliest plane crash in the state's history. On Aug. 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed mere minutes after ...