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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.
The aircraft suffered failure of one of the propeller blades, causing failure of the engine and loss of lift on that side that prevented the plane from maintaining altitude. All occupants survived the initial crash, but 9 died in the ensuing fire. December 13, 1994 15 5 5 Flagship Airlines Flight 3379: Morrisville: North Carolina: Jetstream 32
The crash of Flight 255 on Aug. 16, 1987, is known as the deadliest plane crash in Michigan history. Memorial services are held every year. Michigan marks 37 years since tragic Northwest Flight ...
The earliest known female sole survivor is Linda McDonald. On 5 September 1936, she survived a Skyways sightseeing plane crash near Pittsburgh that killed 10 other people, including her boyfriend. She was 17 at the time. The youngest sole survivor is Chanayuth Nim-anong, who on 3 September 1997, survived a crash when he was just 14 months old.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) -- A Michigan freshman who survived two plane crashes that killed his parents and siblings scored the first point of his college career in the Wolverines' 86-43 exhibition ...
The pilot and three others were killed in the crash; a young girl survived. The pilot was flying for Island Airways, which takes travelers between Beaver Island in northern Lake Michigan and ...
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
Renner Funeral Homes has posted obituaries and memorial information for a Freeburg couple who died in a private plane crash last weekend in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.. Joseph “Joe” Kreher ...