![]() ![]() The aircraft was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217 turbofan engines. ![]() : 1 The jet was manufactured in 1981, entered service with Republic Airlines, and was acquired by Northwest Airlines in its merger with Republic in 1986. The aircraft involved in the crash was a twin-engined McDonnell Douglas MD-82 ( registration number N312RC), a derivative of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and part of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series of aircraft. ![]() Aircraft and crew N312RC, the aircraft involved in the accident, on final approach at John Wayne Airport, one year before the crash It is also the deadliest aviation accident to have a sole survivor. It was the second-deadliest aviation accident at the time in the United States. The sole survivor was a 4-year-old girl who sustained serious injuries. On Auga McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), resulting in the deaths of all six crew members and 148 of the 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground. Improper take-off configuration due to pilot error, mis-management of aircraft, and confusion ĭetroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport,Ĥ2☁4′24″N 83☁9′40″W / 42.2400°N 83.3277°W / 42.2400 -83.3277 The near bridge is the Norfolk Southern railroad, and the far bridges are the I-94 freeway. Aftermath of the Flight 255 crash: Aircraft debris field scattered along Middlebelt Road. ![]()
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