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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...
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  • the worst plane crash in the history of Michigan beating out Northwest Airlines Flight 255. The event was the second airliner bombing attempt in the United...
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  • crashed on 29 March 1979 Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed on 16 August 1987 All pages with titles containing Flight 255 This disambiguation page...
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    Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293 was an American military charter operated on June 3, 1963, by a Northwest Orient Airlines Douglas DC-7C registered...
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    On December 3, 1990, two Northwest Airlines jetliners collided at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Flight 1482, a scheduled Douglas DC-9-14 operating...
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    Northwest Airlines (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in...
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  • August 16, 1987, Vanos and his fiancée, Carolyn Cohen, boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 255, after visiting his fiancée's parents, for a trip to Phoenix...
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  • deadliest aviation disaster to have had a sole survivor was Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which crashed in Romulus, Michigan, on 16 August 1987, killing...
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    portal Northwest Airlines Flight 255, another aviation disaster that took place at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in 1987. Air Caraïbes Flight 1501...
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    operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, bound for Pittsburgh, collided with a Boeing 727-200 Adv. operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 299, bound...
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    accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft Northwest Airlines Flight 255 "Yemeni Jet Carrying 153 Crashes in Indian Ocean". Fox News. Associated...
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    1987, Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus was the site of the Northwest Airlines Flight 255 disaster, in which the plane crashed into an overpass bridge...
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    critical for safe flight have been accomplished" to be implemented. After the August 16, 1987 loss of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 for similar reasons...
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  • Airport runway collision, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299, a Boeing 727, on a runway...
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    discussed the incident. "The Last Flight of the Sunbreeze", a Spanish documentary about the crash. Northwest Airlines Flight 255 – another MD-82 that crashed...
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  • Yemenia Flight 626 Cecelia Cichan, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 George Lamson Jr., Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 James Polehinke, Comair Flight 5191 List...
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    but is now used for a flight from Toronto to Vancouver. Air France Flight 358 TAM Airlines Flight 3054 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Palango, Paul (June...
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  • as John Walker of The Walker Brothers John R. Maus, pilot of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Julius Maus (1906–1934), German cyclist Marcela Maus, American...
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    Airways Flight 548 (1972) United Airlines Flight 553 (1972) Aeroflot Flight 7425 (1985) Arrow Air Flight 1285 (1985) Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (1987)...
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    Northwest Airlines was a major United States airline which existed from 1926 until 2010, when it merged with Delta Air Lines and became part of Delta Air...
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    Mandala Airlines Flight 091 (RI091/MDL091) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Medan to Jakarta, operated by Mandala Airlines with a Boeing...
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    correct in other aircraft they had flown. On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a MD-82, crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 154 of 155...
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    1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255, an MD-82, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport because the flight crew failed...
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    ditchings were also featured in this episode: Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, ALM Flight 980, and Pan Am Flight 6. Originally run on MSNBC, each episode was narrated...
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  • the combined workforce of approximately 24,000 flight attendants at United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia. That election was...
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  • airline, choosing to operate long flights can also build brand image as well as loyalty among a set of flyers. Therefore, competition among airlines to...
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    Park Association, are released after a police raid. August 16 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from Detroit...
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    (Libyan Arab Airlines-1103)". Aviation Safety Network. 22 December 1992. Retrieved 27 May 2013. "ASN Accident Description (Northwest Airlines-255)". Aviation...
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    surviving passenger was a four-year-old girl. Northwest Airlines Flight 299 collided with Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 on an active runway at Detroit Metropolitan...
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    On August 16, 1987, a Northwest Airlines MD-80, Northwest Airlines Flight 255, originated at MBS. After departing MBS, the flight dropped off and picked...
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