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After the accident, Northwest retired the flight number 255 along with its counterpart flight number 254, which was the outbound flight from Phoenix to Detroit. They were changed to Flights 260 and 261 beginning in September 1987 until the company merged with Delta Air Lines in early 2010.
On December 3, 1990, two Northwest Airlines jetliners collided at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Flight 1482, a scheduled Douglas DC-9-14 operating from Detroit to Pittsburgh International Airport, taxied by mistake onto an active runway in dense fog and was hit by a departing Boeing 727 operating as Flight 299 to Memphis International Airport.
An elevator began moving at the moment an architecture student began to board, pinning him between the elevator floor and ceiling of the floor he was departing. [64] Xiamen, China: 1 0 2023-08-01 An elevator at Lagos Island General Hospital, Odan, crashed to the ground, killing doctor Vwaere Diaso. [65] Lagos, Nigeria: 1 15 2023-10-26
Detroit: Michigan: McDonnell Douglas MD-82: The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff due to failure of the crew to properly configure the aircraft for takeoff; contributing to the accident was lack of power to the takeoff warning system. May 8, 1987 2 4 4 American Eagle Flight 5452: Mayagüez: Puerto Rico: CASA C-212 Aviocar
The Associated Press (AP) selected the top stories in Michigan for 1987 as follows: [1] The August 16 crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 on takeoff from Detroit, killing 154 of 155 persons on board and two persons on the ground. The crash was the second deadliest in US history to that date. The sole survivor was a child, Cecilia Cichan. [2]
The family of a 30-year-old man who was crushed to death in a freak elevator accident is speaking out following the horrific incident. Samuel Waisbren was about to exit the elevator of his 23 ...
A bolt had fallen out of the elevator system, resulting in an abrupt pitch up and stall. United Airlines Flight 389 crashed into Lake Michigan near Lake Forest, Illinois, on August 16, 1965, killing all 30 on board.
Detroit — A teenager drove nearly 140 miles per hour just days before a high-speed crash in suburban Detroit last November that killed his friend, according to video obtained by CBS News this week.