1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision
The 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision involved the collision of two Northwest Airlines jetliners at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on December 3, 1990. 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. One member of the crew and seven passengers of the DC-9 were killed.
Wreckage of Flight 1482.
N3313L, the Northwest Airlines Douglas DC-9-14 involved, seen at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in 1990 in a previous livery
The accident aircraft in December 1993 after repair and return to service
Damage of N278US
The Madrid runway disaster was on 7 December 1983 when a departing Iberia Boeing 727 struck an Aviaco McDonnell Douglas DC-9 at Madrid-Barajas Airport, causing the deaths of 93 passengers and crew.
Overview of Madrid–Barajas Airport, the site of the disaster.
EC-CFJ, the Boeing 727 involved in the collision, seen at London Heathrow Airport, in 1981
EC-CGS, the DC-9 involved in the collision, seen at Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Airport, in 1980
