Northwest Airlines Flight 255 - Wikipedia
On August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), resulting in the deaths of all six crew members and 148 of the 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground.
VICTIMS OF FLIGHT 255 - The Washington Post
Aug 21, 1987 · Following are names of 155 of at least 156 victims in the crash of a Northwest Airlines jet Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, including six crew members, 147 passengers and two people...
Spirits live on: Arizona remembers Northwest flight 255 crash …
Aug 15, 2012 · On Aug. 16, 1987, Sullivan, 27, of Chandler was among 156 people — 154 on Northwest Flight 255 and two motorists on the ground — who all died in the second-worst airplane disaster in U.S....
McDonnell Douglas DC-9 - Federal Aviation Administration
Dec 19, 2022 · At approximately 2046 on August 16, 1987, Flight 255 crashed shortly after taking off from runway 3 C. According to witnesses, the airplane began its takeoff rotation about 1,200 to 1,500 feet from the end of the runway and lifted off near the end of the runway.
30 years later: Flight 255 bonds victims’ families - The Detroit News
Aug 16, 2017 · Thirty years ago, as she departed Detroit Metropolitan Airport after dropping off her 22-year-old son, Kirk, Murdy witnessed Northwest Airlines Flight 255 come crashing down into a nearby...
The Crash - Northwest Airlines Flight 255
Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashed on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in 1987. The crew, in a hurry to takeoff to beat noise curfews at their destination, failed to set their wing flaps. NTSB Identification: DCA87MA046.
30 years later: Remembering the 156 killed in Flight 255 crash …
Aug 16, 2017 · Northwest Airlines Flight 255, headed for Phoenix, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metro Airport. Wednesday, August 16, 2017 marks 30 years since the Flight 255 disaster in...
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 - Check-Six
Click here for a list of those killed in the crash of Northwest Flight #255. Three occupied vehicles on a road adjacent to the airport and numerous vacant vehicles in a rental car parking lot along the airplane’s path were destroyed by impact forces and fire.
Flight 255 did not encounter windshear either during the takeoff roll or after liftoff. Flight 255 took off with its wing’s trailing edge flaps and leading edge slats retracted. The flightcrew did not extend the airplane’s flaps and slats.
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 | aviationfile-Gateway to Aviation …
Apr 27, 2022 · Northwest Airlines Flight 255 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82 that crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on August 16, 1987, at about 8:46 p.m. EDT (00:46 UTC August 17). It killed all six crew members and 148 passengers and two people on the ground.