Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Northwest airlines flight 255

The Crash

crashDataBase.com

Location: Romulus, Michigan

Airline: NWA Northwest Airlines

Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas Super MD-80 (MD-82)

Registration: N312RC

Fatalities/No. Aboard: 154:155 +2

Details: The aircraft stalled and crashed during takeoff from Metro Airport. A 4-year-old girl was the only survivor. Slats and flaps not extended. Crew's failure to use taxi checklist to ensure flaps and slats were extended. Lack of electrical power to the aircraft takeoff warning system.

Dnausers.d-n-a.net

James Burnett boarded an airplane 10 years ago planning to work as a consultant to an aircraft company. Ten years ago Saturday, that plane crashed seconds after taking off from Detroit№s Metro Airport. Of the 155* people aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 255, 154 lost their lives when the plane crashed into a bridge on I-94 in Romulus.

Airliners.net

Date: 08/16/1987 Location: Romulus, Michigan Airline: NWA Northwest Airlines Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas Super MD-80 (MD-82) Registration: N312RC Fatalities/No. Aboard: 154:155 +2 Details: The aircraft stalled and crashed during takeoff from Metro Airport. A 4-year-old girl was the only survivor. Slats and flaps not extended. Crew's failure to use taxi checklist to ensure flaps and slats were extended. Lack of electrical power to the aircraft takeoff warning system.

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Date:08/16/1987 Location: Romulus, Michigan This section includes some selection of actual air disaster voice recordings. Click the icon below to listen.

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.

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