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	Northwest Airlines - Wikinfo
		Northwest Airlines Template:Airline codes Template:Nasdaq is an airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, with three major hubs in the United States: Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and Memphis International Airport.
		Northwest stock began to be publicly traded in 1941.
		In 2005 a Northwest DC-10 enroute from Mumbai (Bombay) to Amsterdam diverted to Mehrabad Airport in Tehran Iran.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Northwest_Airlines (4415 words)

	Northwest Airlines Flight 255 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Northwest Airlines Flight 255 was a flight scheduled to fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan near Detroit to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, with an intermediate stop at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix, Arizona.
		The flight crashed after takeoff in Detroit, on August 16, 1987, killing all of the crew and passengers except for a 4-year-old girl, who was seriously injured, according to a report by the FAA's Office of Aviation Research.
		During the takeoff phase, the wings of Northwest 255 began to roll to the left and to the right after climbing only 50 ft. The left wing then struck the light poles and the roof of a building that was used by a rental car agency.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northwest_Airlines_flight_255 (318 words)

	Northwest Airlines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Northwest Airlines (IATA: NW, ICAO: NWA, and Callsign: Northwest) is an airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, with three major hubs in the United States: Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and Memphis International Airport.
		Northwest also operates flights from a hub in Asia from Narita International Airport near Tokyo, and also operates transatlantic and Asian flights in cooperation with partner KLM from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.
		The airline took delivery of the Boeing 720B in 1961, and in 1963, with the new Boeing 707, and the retirement of the last propeller aircraft, Northwest became the first U.S. airline with an all-turbofan jet fleet, hence the slogan "Northwest Orient: The Fan-Jet Airline".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northwest_Airlines (3598 words)

	AAR-88-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-82, U.S. Registry N312RC, was a regularly scheduled passenger flight and was en route to Phoenix, Arizona, with 149 passengers and 6 crewmembers.
		According to witnesses, flight 255 began its takeoff rotation about 1,200 to 1,500 feet from the end of the runway and lifted off near the end of the runway.
		Of the persons on board flight 255, 148 passengers and 6 crewmembers were killed; 1 passenger, a 4-year-old child, was injured seriously.
	www.ntsb.gov /publictn/1988/AAR8805.htm (322 words)

	Northwest Airlines Flight 255
		Flight 255 departed Saginaw for a flight to Detroit, Phoenix and Santa Ana, arriving at Detroit at...
		Northwest is the world's fourth-largest airline with hubs at...
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	SALUTE TO A RETIRING SAFETY PROF
		These were the formative years, where with southern grit and the heart to match Gloria first worked to provide Flight Attendants with realistic, hands-on training and tools to ensure preparedness as the vital link to passenger safety and survivability.
		And change came swift and hard throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s: airlines merged, unions changed, the industry aged, stewardesses became Flight Attendants; time and again airplanes crashed, and authorities turned more to crew members to help sort through the mysteries of disaster.
		Flight Attendant Purl, one of the crash survivors, pulled passengers from the burning wreckage in spite of her own serious injuries.
	www.southernairways.org /retire_gloria_mcCullar.htm (942 words)

	COCKPIT : Civil & Commercial Aviation
		LAPA Flight 3142, a Boeing 737-200, crashed on takeoff from Buenos Aires, Argentina after the crew forgot to set their flaps.
		The crew, preoccupied with a discussion with a flight attendent, failed to ensure that their flaps were properly set.
		Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashed on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport in 1987.
	cockpit.ifrance.com /cvr.htm (894 words)

	Northwest airlines - Option Activity Watch: Nokia, Northwest Airlines, and Tellabs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Northwest Airlines' regional flights are operated under the name Northwest Northwest Airlines was founded in 1926 by Col. Lewis Brittin, under the name
		Northwest airlines and the state of Minnesota: a guide to information resources compiled by the staff of the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library.
		Northwest Airlines is one the world's largest airlines, with annual revenues The wholesalers association told the candidates that Northwest Airlines was
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	Airlines serving Bermuda
		Airline tickets are by far and away the most expensive in the world per square mile to any destination.
		Airline maker is not responsible as individual airlines configure the interiors.
		It is the only airline with non-stop direct flights to and from Bermuda and London, England (Gatwick), via a Boeing 777.
	bermuda-online.org /airlines.htm (4329 words)

	Airline Pilot memory problems, Airline accidents, Pilot Error, NASA memory research
		Northwest flight 255 was preparing for takeoff on the evening of August 16, 1987.
		Several airlines have formalized monitoring procedures for both pilots and have changed the designation of pilot not flying to pilot monitoring (Sumwalt, Thomas, and Dismukes, 2002).
		Tests involving 18 airline pilots with an average age of 52, found that those taking the drug Aricept were better able to retain complex training than those given a placebo.
	www.airlinesafety.com /editorials/PilotsAndMemory.htm (8009 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
		On August 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255, which used a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 on that day and was bound for Phoenix, Arizona and Santa Ana, California, crashed on take-off from DTW.
		On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103, which was on a Frankfurt - London - New York-Detroit route exploded, killing all on board and several on the ground in Lockerbie, Scotland.
		On December 3, 1990, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collided with a Boeing 727 carrying Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on one of DTW's runways, which killed 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers aboard flight 1482.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Detroit_Metropolitan_Wayne_County_Airport (827 words)

	Cheap Flights » 2005 » August (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		airlines, airline tickets, flight reservations, travel reservations ads.
		Usually the deals that most airlines offer are for a short time only, so whenever you are sure about your destination then you need to book it right a way.
		Northwest Airlines Flight 255 was a flight scheduled to fly from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan near Detroit to John Wayne
	cheap-flights.encyclopediaonline.us /2005/08 (3613 words)

	Aviation Safety Regulation Chronology 1982-2004
		While major Australian airlines may be a good choice, because they have not had a recent fatal event, they may also be a poor choice for the same reason.
		Northwest Airlines flight 255 MD-80 crashed on take-off from Detroit killing 156, attributed to crew and power failures.
		In response to criticism of the airline and itself, the FAA brought in tougher measures for airline inspections.
	www.aph.gov.au /LIBRARY/Pubs/online/Aviation.htm (8516 words)

	Strategic Communication in Crisis Management — www.greenwood.com
		Focusing on the airline industry and some of the most recent headline-making disasters, Dr. Ray looks at organizational crises, the communications strategies employed by organizations when responding to crises, and the factors that influence the effectiveness of this strategic communication.
		Seven chapters provide case studies of major airline disasters, analyzed according to her three-stage model, and an illuminating of the major issues associated with airline disasters.
		The cases also examine, analyze, and evaluate communication strategies used by airlines when responding to these issues and give readers important lessons to ponder, which she synthesizes in a conclusion.
	www.greenwood.com /books/bookdetail.asp?sku=Q153 (429 words)

	Timeline Air Crashes
		Flight 007 was fired on by a Soviet interceptor after entering Soviet airspace.
		American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757 carrying 64 people, crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. It was enroute from Washington DC to LA.
		Flight 6136 was an MD-82 enroute from Beijing to Dalian.
	www.timelines.ws /subjects/Aircrashes.HTML (9536 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Police arrested a man Tuesday who is accused of defrauding Northwest Airlines by posing as a Roman Catholic priest and counseling survivors of a jetliner crash near Detroit last year.
		Irish allegedly defrauded Northwest Airlines of about $1,100 in hotel and food charges while he posed as ``Father John Irish'' and counseled relatives of some of those killed in the Aug. 16, 1987 crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
		Police there said the man talked to survivors of the crash of Continental Airlines Flight 1713 at Stapleton International airport, in which 27 of 82 people aboard were killed.
	ils.unc.edu /~viles/172i/users/big/docs/AP881101-0163 (357 words)

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		Delta Airlines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011-385-1, crashed while approaching the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport on August 2, 1985.
		Delta Airlines Flight 1141, a Boeing 727-232, crashed on takeoff from runway 18L at Dallas/Ft. Worth on August 31, 1988.
		PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727-200, crashed while approaching the San Diego Lindbergh field after colliding with a Cessna 172 owned by Gibbs Flight Services.
	www.stormloader.com /chrisk757/cvrwav.html (986 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: 'What if ?' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		By canceling reservations on Northwest Airlines Flight 255, bound for Phoenix, the Mandleys avoided the third-worst air disaster in U.S. history, a Sunday night crash on takeoff at Detroit Metropolitan Airport that killed 154 passengers and crew, along with two people on the ground.
		Rescuers found the lone survivor, a 4-year-old girl, cradled in the arms of her dead mother, a few feet from the bodies of her father and 6-year-old brother.
		Bad weather was moving in around Metro Airport as 149 passengers and a crew of six boarded Northwest 255 and taxied to runway 3C around 8:40 p.m.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/text/2001/aug/16/512225197.html (1644 words)

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		He is senior partner of Kreindler and Kreindler, a firm which spends full time on litigation arising out of airline, military, and private airplane crashes, products liability, and cases arising out of industrial accidents and injuries.
		Kreindler has been unanimously elected by the plaintiffs' lawyers handling the Swissair Flight 111 cases arising out of the crash of the McDonnell Douglas MD 11 aircraft at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia on September 2, 1998, as Chairman of the Plaintiffs' Committee that will be suggested to the Court.
		Eastern Airlines and United States, (2d Cir.): United States liable for failure of air traffic controllers to give aircraft accurate weather information.
	www.utexas.edu /law/journals/tilj/symposium/Weintraub/kreindler.htm (886 words)

	Douglas Winter @ SlateMagazine.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Then came the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 at Detroit, Michigan.
		Northwest and its insurer refused to accept responsibility for the grievous mistakes of its pilots, and the aftermath was an epic lawsuit.
		I lived on the road for years, and moved to Detroit to try the case: a jury trial in federal court that lasted nineteenth months.
	homepage.mac.com /capek/run.html (2193 words)

	Business Horizons: Process expertise - a critical managing fundamental - decision making (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Not only is this person skilled in the required process, most likely he is also skilled in a spectrum of ancillary processes that could be called for should an unexpected problem develop during the course of the main surgical procedure.
		The crash on takeoff of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 at the Detroit airport on August 16, 1987 is a harsh reminder of what can happen when experienced pros fail to follow every step of a process.
		The National Transportation Safety Board attributed the cause of the crash to the pilot's failure to extend the plane's flaps and slats, which in turn was attributed to a failure to follow every step of the pre-flight checklist.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1038/is_n1_v36/ai_13594593 (1460 words)

	Plane Crash Lawsuits and Recent Plane Crash Cases - Aviation Litigation and Air Accidents
		United Airlines Flight 585 near Colorado Springs, Colorado
		United Airlines Flight 232 in Sioux City, Iowa
		TWA Flight 840 Explosion Inbound to Athens, Greece
	www.schadenlaw.com /cases.aspx (284 words)

	Checkered Past: TOM HIGGINS' SCUFFS: Northwest Flight 255 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		I recall a Northwest Airlines crew — two men, four women — who were at the motel desk checking in as I sat in the lobby.
		By now the Northwest flight crew that had been checking in had hustled into a shuttle bus.
		Newscasters reported the ill-fated plane to be Flight 255, bound from Detroit to Phoenix.
	blogs.thatsracin.com /checkeredpast/2005/08/tom_higgins_scu_1.html (2885 words)

	Aviation Experts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		- Has 20 years' airline management experience with Pan Am and Northwest airlines, including two airline acquisitions.
		Was member of airline team that responded to the crash of Northwest Airlines flight 255 in Detroit in August 1987.
		Has direct responsibility for all academic matters pertaining to the Purdue flight program and serves as pilot-in-command and flight instructor in Purdue's King Air and Diamond turbine aircraft.
	www.purdue.edu /UNS/html3month/expertlists/Aviation.experts.html (386 words)

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	Major plane crashes in the last 20 years (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		* Sept. 11, 2001: An American Airlines flight and a United flight en route to Los Angeles from Boston crash into the World Trade Center after being hijacked; more than 4,000 dead and missing, including 157 on planes.
		* Sept. 11, 2001: American Flight 77 en route from Washington's Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles is hijacked and crashes into the Pentagon; 189 dead and missing, including 64 on plane.
		* Sept. 11, 2001: United Airlines Flight 93 en route from Newark, N.J., to San Francisco is hijacked and crashes near Pittsburgh; 44 killed.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2001/11/12/national1226EST0614.DTL&type=printable (710 words)

	The Gloucester Daily Times Online
		In 1977, Elvis Presley died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tenn., at age 42.
		In 1987, 156 people were killed when Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed while trying to take off from Detroit.
		Ten years ago: President Clinton and other top Democrats were scouring the House of Representatives for converts in hopes of reviving a stalled anti-crime bill.
	www.ecnnews.com /cgi-bin/g/gmon.pl?slug-hist16 (390 words)

	Famous people who died in aviation accidents
		The craft broke up in flight, 73 seconds after launch, due to damage from an exhaust flame, leaking through a defective O ring in the solid fuel rocket.
		Crashed into a mountain in thunderstorms and poor weather conditions during a refugee relief inspection flight.
		Pilot flew into an area of bad weather at low altitude and failed to maintain visual contact with the ground.
	www.planecrashinfo.com /famous1980s.htm (904 words)

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