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Northwest Airlines was a trunk carrier and a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010. The merger made Delta the largest airline in the w
Northwest Airlines Airbus A330
1929 Northwest Airways Waco JYM used on the Minneapolis-Chicago mail route
Rebuilt 1929 Hamilton H-47 wearing Northwest Airways markings in 2010
Northwest Douglas DC-3
On August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport at about 20:46 EDT. All six crew members and 14
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…stormed the aircraft. The hijacker threw the box he claimed had a bomb at the agents, who shot and killed him. The box contained no explosives. 1 40 255 August 16, 1987 McDonnell-Douglas MD-82 Romulus, Michigan Flight 255 crashed on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. All but one…
Scattered aircraft debris at Middlebelt Road
N312RC, the aircraft involved in the accident, while still in service with Republic Airlines in 1986
NTSB diagram of Flight 255's takeoff and crash
Northwest Flight 255 memorial stone at GM Proving Ground, Milford, Michigan