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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.
Two tires on the right side landing gear blew out, forcing the crew to abort the takeoff at high speed. [41] December 12, 1972 Flight 669, a Boeing 707-331C (N788TW), crashed short of the runway on landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport; all three crew on board survived. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.
The aircraft involved in the accident was a CASA-212-CC, it was an earlier military plane which was later converted to a civil version. Registered N160FB, it received its US type certification on May 16, 1980, with serial No. 160. The airplane had a total of 12,917 hours and 24,218 cycles. [1] The crew consisted of two pilots and one flight ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news from Friday, Jan. 31. For the latest updates on the plane crash, please read USA TODAY's coverage of the investigation on Saturday, Feb. 1.. WASHINGTON ...
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on ...
A passenger landed a private plane at Raleigh-Durham International Airport after the pilot suffered a medical issue on April 7, 2024. (RDU Airport Police via WRAL)
The plane was delivered new to Delta, which sold it to Southern Airways in 1973. It became part of Northwest's fleet after the 1986 acquisition of Southern's successor, Republic Airlines. [1]: 87 It was declared a total loss and scrapped following this accident. The crew consisted of Captain William Lovelace (52), who had logged 23,000 flight ...
Comair Flight 3272 was a Comair flight from Cincinnati to Detroit on Thursday, January 9, 1997. While on approach for landing, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft crashed nose-down 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport at 15:54 EST, killing all 29 people on board.