With a newly completed passenger terminal, SeaTac officially opened its gates to passengers on September 1, 1947; however, it ...

When Flight 293 crashed into the Gulf of Alaska in June 1963, it wasn’t the first time a Northwest Airlines DC-7C serving as a military charter between McChord and Elmendorf Air Force bases had ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Its 1967 acquisition of Pacific Northwest Airlines extended the ... Delta Flight Museum website. “The Rich History of Western Airlines: Aircraft, Milestones and Legacy,” by Kenneth Schulte ...

184 people survived the crash-landing. Shortly after taking off from the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, a Northwest Airlines flight struck light poles and a rental car facility.