Alarming Silence (Northwest Airlines Flight 255)
On 16 August 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 stalls as it lifts off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport and crashes just beyond the runway, killing 154 of the 155 people on board and two people on the ground. The investigation showed that the pilots failed to configure the aircraft's flaps and slats for takeoff.
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Wed, Sep 22, 2010
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Air Crash Investigation
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