38 years later: Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metro Airport

WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – It’s been 38 years since Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed onto I-94, killing all but one passenger.

The aircraft took off from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and was airborne for all of 14 seconds before the crash along Middlebelt Road and I-94.

Flight 255 is one of the deadliest plane crashes in United States history…

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