Northwest Airlines Flight 255

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 was a flight that originated at Tri-City Airport in Saginaw, Michigan, and was scheduled to terminate at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, with intermediate stops at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, near Detroit, and at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. The flight, made by a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashed after takeoff in Romulus on August 16, 1987, at about 20:46 EDT (8:46 p.m. local time, 00:46 UTC August 17), killing all of the crew and passengers except for a 4-year-old girl, Cecelia Cichan, who sustained serious injuries, according to a report by the FAA's Office of Aviation Research. At the time, it was the second-deadliest aviation accident in United States and the second-deadliest involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series, and is currently still the fourth-deadliest in both categories.

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