Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcutsCookies help us deliver our Services. The NTSB also did not receive medical records for the copilot and six passengers who were treated and released from area hospitals; for the purposes of the report, the NTSB assumed that they received minor injuries.The Boeing 727 operating Flight 299 was registered N278US and had been purchased by Northwest in 1975.
8 occupants on board Flight 1482 are killed.
It was the second-deadliest aviation accident at … Contributing to the cause of the accident were (1) deficiencies in the air traffic control services provided by the Detroit Contributing to the fatalities in the accident was the inoperability of the DC-9 internal tail cone release mechanism. Northwest 1482 was cleared from the gate towards Runway 03C, but it missed turning onto taxiway Oscar 6 and instead entered the Outer taxiway. To correct the error, they were instructed to turn right onto Taxiway Xray, but the crew instead turned onto the active runway, 03C. First Officer Schifferns tried to climb up the slide to re-enter the plane, fell down, and was restrained by a firefighter.Jesus Christ. The NTSB said they had cause to evacuate, but the outcome was fine either way.Passengers are frequently injured when using emergency slides, and there are hazards outside the plane associated with both the damaged aircraft and the surrounding airport. Ideally when it swings to one side ( the left I think) it also pulls the cable to release the emergency slide. The three surviving crew members received minor or no injuries. December 3, 1990, at 1345 est, Northwest flight 1482, a DC-9 (n3313l), and Northwest flight 299, a Boeing 727 (n278us), collided near the Intersection of runway 09/27 and 03c/21c in dense fog at Detroit Metropolitan/Wayne County Airport, Romulus, MI. These cables are attached to the slide.
Pushback for departure was accomplished at 20.34 and the crew received taxi instructions for runway 3C. I'm always happy to see my work disseminated to actual industry professionals who can learn something from it.New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be castVideos, gifs, or aftermath photos of machinery, structures, or devices that have failed catastrophically during operation.Press J to jump to the feed. Oct 29 2013,a canadian pilot veered off course and flew to Nashville Tn where he crashed at BNA, due to severe fog the wreckage wasn't found for hours,he was apparently stalking Talor Swift. Would it be today?The pilots elected not to evacuate because the fuel leak appeared to be minor and was flowing away from the plane.
Flight 255 departed Saginaw for a flight to Detroit, Phoenix and Santa Ana, arriving at Detroit at 19.42h.
How would the slide not just get caught up in the piece of fuselage that comes off when it deploys?
I couldn't find what happened to the first officer.I'm using this for my CRM class. This'll make a good two page paper.Thank you! I mean, they are painful and surgery is a big deal but six years? The tailcone is tethered to the main body by cables. Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987, at about 8:46 p.m. EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), killing all six crew members and 148 of its 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground. He was out so long that when he last flew, it was for Republic Airlines—which Northwest acquired while he was on medical leave.The FAA wants you kidney stone free for quite some time before they will give you your medical back. At 20.42 Flight 255 was told to taxi into position on runway 3C and hold, followed by a takeoff …