đ From the Vault: News coverage from crash of Northwest Flight 255 in 1987Ken Haddad, Digital Managing EditorPublished:Â August 15, 2022 at 10:57 AMTags:Â Flight 255, Northwest Airlines, From the Vault, I-94, Wayne CountyFrom the Vault: Compilation of coverage from crash of Flight 255 from Detroit Metro Airport in 1987August of 2022 marks 35 years since Flight 255 crashed after taking off from Detroit Metro Airport.The crash happened on Aug. 16, 1987, killing 156 people. It remains one of the worst plane crashes in U.S. history.Weâve dug through the WDIV archives to find some of our new coverage from that night, that week and the next year.Flight 255 news coverage from 1987:Flight 255 special from 1988Copyright 2022 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.
