Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crashes Immediately After Take-Off | Mayday

On 16 August 1987, shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 stalls and crashes just beyond the runway, killing all but one of the 155 people on board and two people on the ground. Subsequent investigation showed that the pilots failed to configure the...

48 min - Disasters & Survival - Wonder

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