After it had activated, the plane failed to either match or approach its predicted climb profile. The Washington Post compiled a list of victims of the crash using information from the Wayne County medical examiners office as well as the victims relatives: A black granite memorial was built in 1994 to commemorate the victims. The Indian investigative team ruled that the probable cause was the pilots selecting the "Open descent/flight idle" control mode rather . Upon completion of an individual checklist, the pilot completing the checklist will state (CHECKLIST NAME) CHECKLIST COMPLETE.. Romulus firefighter Ron Thiede found the 4-year-old girl alive, still buckled in a booster seat strapped to her airlinechair. It was the day when American Airlines Flight 191 crashed minutes after taking off from O'Hare Airport in Chicago. [5], Flight 255's captain was 57-year-old John R. Maus, from Las Vegas, Nevada. Only one person survived: a four-year-old girl with brown eyes, a chipped tooth, and purple nail polish. The aircraft was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-217 turbofan engines. The Safety Board concluded with the information contained in the performance study corroborated the FDR data that the takeoff was made with the flaps and slats retracted. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-16729709-1']); He said he was thankful for the two weeks he had with his daughter just before she died. Within minutes, the plane began to roll from side to side just. Three possible conditions would have caused power to be interrupted at the P-40 circuit breaker - the circuit breaker was intentionally opened by either the flight crew or maintenance personnel, the circuit breaker tripped because of a transient overload and the flight crew did not detect the open circuit breaker, or the circuit breaker did not allow current to flow to the CAWS power supply and did not annunciate the condition by tripping. They said he always used the airplane checklist, one first officer stated that he was a by-the-book pilot who would not tolerate any deviation from standard procedure.. [21], The crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 was covered in 2010 in "Alarming Silence", a season-9 episode of the internationally syndicated Canadian TV documentary series Mayday. Welcome to 16 August 1987, nine days before I was born.It's nearly 8:30 p.m., and it's not a good time to be an airplane.If you tune into Detroit's CBS affiliate right now (VHF Channel 4, if you're a time traveler), you'll catch Murder, She Wrote right at my favorite part: the investigative hijinks. The Bushongs have mostly stayed in Toledo since the crash. It was now time to point the investigation towards the actual takeoff. / CW50 Detroit. Flight 255 first responder releases song about famous crash: A message of grief and hope. electric power between the airplane's left dc. Ken Haddad is the digital content and audience manager for WDIV / ClickOnDetroit.com. Investigators believedhuman error most likely caused the crash. NTSB Aircraft Accident Report, Northwest Flight 255 by WDET 101.9 FM on Scribd. We just wanted to connect with other people who were dealing with the same type of situation, Zanger said. Morgan is a Digital Editor and has been with WDIV since May of 2022. February 10, 2020 / 10:23 PM He and his older brother, Craig, were visiting their parents in Jackson, Michigan, where they also attended a race car event that August. Because of this, the Safety Board first sought to determine if the plane had encountered a wind shear, it could be the reason the plane went down. I was helping my brother move into a house in rural Wayne County on August 16, 1987. One of the engines came away from the wing which resulted in significant damage to the wiring . I know its a cliche, but what else can you say? said Bonnie Monary, a family friend, describing the Robinson family as in a state of shock. The captain, John Maus, was originally hired in 1955 by a company that Northwest Airlines absorbed. Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines. I knew it was his plane, she said. "Walking around down Middlebelt road looking for anyone that we could potentially save and very quickly came to the realization that we were not going to be able to save anybody," said Graves. Aside from one training report during his early probationary period, captains that flew with him would describe his performance as average or above. Subscribe today. 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Flight attendant Michael L. Kahle, 34, LeSueur, Minn. More than 30 of the passengers were under 25. [20] Another was held there on August 16, 2017, the 30th anniversary. The wreckage of Northwest Airlines Flight 255. Following are names of 155 of at least 156 victims in the crash of a Northwest Airlines jet Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, including six crew members, 147 passengers and two people killed on the ground. All rights reserved. "She was a flight attendant," says Elizabeth Schaffer-Smith, who lost her mother in the crash. James Wieging, who ministered to families who lost loved ones during the Northwest Airlines Flight 255 disaster at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in 1987 as well as in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001, died Aug. 11 at the age of 79. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. satu-satunya yang selamat adalah seorang gadis berusia 4 tahun, Cecelia Cichan, yang menderita . "When we pulled up, I didn'tthink we would find anybody," said Thiede, who still works for the Romulus Fire Department. She had just spent two weeks at her fathers home in Toledo, Ohio, and was en route to her home in Santa Ana, Calif. All they found was her wallet--badly burnt--with her school ID and Social Security card, said Donnie Ratliff. In total, 154 people on their way to Phoenix died that day in Detroit on August 16, 1987. [] 1987 8 16, 255 4 . Flight 255 made its takeoff roll on Runway 3C at approximately 8 . "You think that it would, but it doesn't," Schaffer-Smith says, holding back tears. They were changed to Flights 260 and 261 beginning in September 1987 until the company merged with Delta Air Lines in early 2010. Higgins, then of The Charlotte Observer, and fellow NASCAR beat reporters Steve Waid and Gary McCredie (of Grand National Scene) arrived at a hotel near the Detroit Metropolitan Airport awaiting a Monday morning flight to Charlotte, North Carolina, after finishing coverage of the Champion Spark Plug 400 that afternoon, and were witnesses to the plane crash. About 18:53, flight 255 departed Saginaw and about 19:42 arrived at its gate at Detroit. "I just think I was in the right spot.". June Marsh of East Lansing admits 30 years later, the crash that killed her son, Craig Hale, and daughter-in-law, Kimberly Hale, both 30, isnt on her mind every day. The forecast that evening called for a chance of thunderstorms. Northwest will pay for the funeral and will fly the family back home, as it is doing for other victims families. The devastation claimed the lives of six crew members and 148 passengers, along with two people on the ground. Which of course as a first responder is something that's going to get your very immediate attention," said Northwest Flight 255 First Responder Andy Graves. Please enter valid email address to continue. Her friend was eight years old and died alongside her parents and older brother. An investigation of their personal background and actions during the days before the accident also turned up normal. [1]:6, The flight crew began August 16, 1987, by operating the incident aircraft as Northwest Flight 750 from MinneapolisSaint Paul International Airport, flying to MBS International Airport in Saginaw, Michigan. It could not be determined conclusively why the first officer did not lower the flaps. Rhett Bushongs suitcase arrived in Orange County unscathed late Sunday night--presumably aboard the Continental flight he was originally booked on. "She was wonderful," Schaffer-Smith says, "I have wonderful memories.". We can cry about it.. He worked hard, liked to play golf. Flight attendant Bruce R. Elfering, 23, Eagan. The Safety Boards performance study examined the climb profiles and the planes ability to clear obstacles beyond the end of runway 3C. Melvin C. Roundy, 53, Mesa, Ariz., offduty Northwest employee. Northwest fourteen sixty six so far that's approved I'll advise different. [] CVR [ CVR ] CAWS :beep beep beep beep Stall x3 CAWS : ( )x3 Captain :ah, fuck! [10] She sustained severe burns and fractures to her skull, collarbone, and left leg. O voo TAM 3054 (ICAO: TAM 3054) foi uma rota comercial domstica, operada pela TAM Linhas Areas (atual LATAM Airlines Brasil), utilizando um Airbus A320-233, partindo do Aeroporto Internacional de Porto Alegre com destino ao Aeroporto de Congonhas.Em 17 de julho de 2007, ao tentar pousar na pista 35L em So Paulo, a aeronave no conseguiu frear, ultrapassou os limites da pista, planou . The victims of the crash included NBA player Nick Vanos, seven people from Orange County, California and a four-month old baby from Arizona. [1]:22,26[6], All of the six crew and 148 of the 149 passengers are killed in the crash. For some people affected by the incident, this was their first return to the site since the crash. 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. Investigators had to exhaust every option to determine the cause of the crash. 3. The report claims the flight crew failed to use the taxi checklist, leading to the aircrafts flaps and slats not being properly extended before takeoff. [4], The aircraft involved in the crash was a twin-engined McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (registration number N312RC), a derivative of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and part of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series of aircraft. The cockpit recording revealed that the flight crew neither called for nor accomplished the TAXI checklist. However, the flight had been instructed by ground control to taxi to runway 3C. I have never seen such complete destruction, he said. "You just learn how to move forward. I miss him.. Craig had caught an earlier flight back to Phoenix, said Dee Murdy, who permanently moved to the familys Phoenix home in 2003. Over the years, Thiede has kept in contact with Cichan. The second ground controller specified the route to runway 3C. This evidence suggested that the aircraft had encountered a wind shear that decreased its performance capability. Family and friends of Flight 255 victims gathered at the memorial site for a ceremony at 8 p.m. Wednesday to honor the lives of their loved ones. Flight attendant Michael L. Kahle, 34, LeSueur, Minn. PHOENIX Thirty-five years ago, countless lives were changed forever when an airliner crashed shortly after take-off, killing everyone on board except a four-year-old girl. Her son was on board. He was really a nice young man and always in a good mood, Murdy said of her younger son. Northwest Airlines flight 255 crashed shortly after take-off at an airport in Romulus, Michigan en route to Phoenix, Arizona on August 16, 1987. Many will do so again on Aug. 16, 2017 at 8:46 p.m., the time of the accident. Indian Airlines Flight 605 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Bombay to Bangalore.On 14 February 1990, an Airbus A320-231 registered as VT-EPN, crashed onto a golf course while attempting to land at Bangalore, killing 92 of 146 people on board.. She spoke publicly about the accident for the first time in 2013 as part of a documentary on sole survivors of disasters. Flight attendant Roberta E. Rademacher, 35, Eagan, Minn. Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on August 16, 1987, at about 8:46 p.m. EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), killing all six crew members and 148 of its 149 passengers. [1]:22,26 The plane rolled 90 to the left, striking the roof of an Avis Car Rental building. Its strength going on here, he said. ((Sound similar to parking brake released)), Detroit tower (to Northwest Airlines Flight 1466). [1]:2526 Many of the passengers were from the Phoenix metropolitan area, one of them was Nick Vanos, an NBA center for the Phoenix Suns. Flight NW255 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight between Saginaw, Michigan and Santa Ana, California, with en route stops at Detroit and Phoenix, Arizona. That flight was delayed, so Rhett switched to Northwest Flight 255. The flight crew had to reconfigure the on-board computer for taking off on runway 3C. Kirk Murdy was returning to Phoenix where he and Craig were living and working. Its a representation of love. I was nearing the end of my journalism internship at WDIV-TV. The only survivor, Cecelia Cichan, a four-year-old from Arizona, was traveling with her mother, father, and older brother. Interviews with first officers and other captains who had flown with him described him as a competent and capable pilot. The near bridge is the, During the takeoff roll, the pilots noticed that the aircraft's autothrottle was not engaged, indicating that the aircraft's computer was not in takeoff mode. We turned on the radio. At about 6:53 PM, on Sunday, August 16th, 1987, Flight 255 departed Saginaw and, at 7:42 PM, arrived at its terminal gate at the Detroit-Metro Airport. It wasalmost two years before I got my first real job in radio. A Northwest representative calls a few times each day just to keep in contact with us and to work out the details of returning Rhetts body to them, Reid Bushong said Wednesday, speaking from Ohio. The sole survivor was a 4-year-old girl who sustained serious injuries. Around 20:29, the flight crew took their seats. [22][23] She did not speak publicly about the crash until 2013, when the documentary was released. Northwest Airlines yesterday released the names of the crew and three-off duty employees who were killed aboard the plane. At this point the autothrottle is now engaged and the aircraft's computer is now in takeoff mode. Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft, bound for Phoenix, Arizona, attempted to takeoff from Minneapolis-Saint Paul . The aircraft was a twin-engine McDonnell Douglas MD-82 with registration N312RC and was carrying 149 passengers and 6 crew. VICTIMS OF FLIGHT 255 - The Washington Post VICTIMS OF FLIGHT 255 Following are names of 155 of at least 156 victims in the crash of a Northwest Airlines jet Sunday at Detroit. One hundred forty-eight passengers and six crew members were killed in the crash. Calif. Capt. It had four Pratt and Whitney, R2000 "Wasp" piston engines that could generate 1,450 horsepower. Relatives took her in, protecting her from the media throughout her childhood. On Tuesday, those who had loved ones on that tragic flight remembered them with a memorial service in Phoenix. in favorable terms. The DC-4, used by Northwest Airlines for Flight 2501 was a sturdy and reliable aircraft. Eyewitnesses stated that Flight 255's takeoff roll was longer than usual and that the aircraft took off at a steeper angle. If you need help with the Public File, call (313) 222-0566. They text about sports, life events and he attended her wedding in 2006. Two people on. Traffic was already backing up on I-94 near the airport. As of 2014, Northwest, now owned by Delta, continues the retirement of 255 as a flight number. We can talk about it. "That was the first like a positive glimmer of hope after the traumatic night that wow somebody made it, what a miracle and just thank God," said Graves. . View Comments. Each one of the victims' names was read out loud right next to the memorial placed outside City Hall. He started heading for the scene. Virginia Robinson, 45, Fountain Valley, Calif. Capt. In total, 154 people on their way to Phoenix died that day in Detroit on August 16, 1987. Flight 255s stall warning stick shaker had activated immediately after liftoff, according to the accident report. Now after three decades, a local first responder is paying tribute to the victims and their families. Northwest Airlines Flight 255 memorial (Bing Maps). She was covered in blood and had burns and broken bones, he said. The siren, I presume, was from one of the area fire departments, a signal to its first responders to report for duty. Their spirit lives on.". Twenty years ago today, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 from Detroit to Phoenix crashed moments after taking off. He also authors the Morning Report Newsletter and various other newsletters. Other pilots who had recently flown with Dodds later described his performance ((Sound of stick shaker starts and continues until the end of tape)). In addition to Rhett Bushong, two women originally had been scheduled to fly to Orange County on Sunday aboard Continental Airlines Flight 657. In Flight 255s case, it did not lift off until it was accelerating at 169 KIAS. The Safety Board had to exhaust all possible causes. Virginia Robinson, 45, Fountain Valley, Calif. Capt. J. Cathie Corona, 44, St. Clair Shores, Mich. Lewis Dresch, 45, Sterling Heights, Mich. Peter Frank, age and hometown unavailable. So I got on the shoulder and drove very fast until I stopped and talked with a sheriffs deputy, who said he had stopped traffic when he saw a giant fireball in the sky.. Ernest John Mathews, 38, Sterling Heights, Mich. Eric Mazade, 30, Grosse Pointe Park, Mich. Suzanne Morris, 35, Federal Way, Wash., off-duty Northwest flight attendant. 5. The plane was still rolling to the left when it collided with the ground, Middlebelt Road. In another part, family members examined personal belongings recovered from the crash site, looking for jewelry or some other item that would help to identify the body found wearing it or near it amid the wreckage. More than 30 of the passengers were under 25. Shortly after dropping him off, he witnessed the second worst air disaster in the United States history, the crash of Northwest Flight 255, the flight that he skipped. May 25, 1979, was one of the worst days in American aviation history. 6. Some family members, including Dee Murdy, say their wounds havent healed. The names and ages, where available, were compiled from various sources, including the Wayne County medical examiner's office and relatives who were notified by the airline. Over the years, families of the victims have gathered at a black granite memorial near I-94 and Middlebelt to mark the anniversary of the disaster. U.S. District Judge Julian A. Cook . Their final report was released in May, 1988, which blamed the pilot for the crash. The plane hit lampposts and a rental-car office. "Went out to the ambulance checked in with our dispatchers and they told us you're responding to Metro Airport for an aircraft down. Okay position and hold northwest one eighty five. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved. It happened at 8:46 p.m. The sole survivor of the crash was Cecilia Cichan, a four-year-old girl from Tempe, Arizona, who was returning home alongside her mother, Paula, father, Michael, and a six-year-old brother, David, after visiting relatives in Pennsylvania. Its sad, but you learn to cope with it.. The reason for the absence of electrical power could not be determined. You can check out the full NTSB report below: The flight crew and all but one passenger were killed instantly. He called his grandmother in Mission Viejo to notify her of the change. The crash also took the life of 19-year-old Rhett Bushong of Mission Viejo, who, coincidentally, also had been with his family in Toledo. At 20:44:04, Flight 255 was cleared for takeoff. A 4-Year-Old Was the Sole Survivor of One of the Deadliest Plane Crashes in U.S. History 35 years ago today, Northwest Flight 255 crashed in Detroit and killed 156 people. Some 156 people died, including two on the. A few miles from where we stood, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 from Detroit to Santa Ana, Calif. via Phoenix had crashed seconds after takeoff from Metro Airport. About ten minutes before the flight was due to depart the gate, a company transportation agent brought the flight release package to the airplane. A few miles from where we stood, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 from Detroit to Santa Ana, Calif. via Phoenix had crashed seconds after takeoff from Metro Airport. This change in takeoff routine could be the reason the TAXI checklist was forgone. Cecelia Cichan was just four years old when she became the sole survivor of doomed Northwest Airlines Flight 255. . Deemed the miracle baby, Graves says this gave him hope, but for years he's suffered from internal scars. It was the second-deadliest . Offering Aviation History & Adventure First-Hand! However, the recording also revealed that the flight crew had trouble engaging the autothrottle system at first, but did engage the system moments later. The siren, I presume, was from one of the area fire departments, a signal to its first responders to report for duty. Many attendees had seen . The lone survivor was 4-year-old Cecelia Cichan of Tempe, Arizona. He is an amateur musician. In this Aug. 16, 2012, file photo, flowers and pictures are shown at the memorial in Romulus, Michigan, to mark the 25th anniversary of the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 near Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The FDR data showed that, at liftoff, the planes airspeed was about 169 KIAS (the airplane equivalent of MPH or KPH) and that instead of decelerating over the 14 seconds of the flight like an airplane that hit a wind shear would, the plane accelerated to about 184 KIAS and climbed almost 50 feet. Cichan, now 34, whose married name is Crocker,was rescued by Romulus firefighter John Thiede. Departing Saginaw, the flight crew operated the same aircraft as Flight 255, flying to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, with intermediate stops scheduled at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan (near Detroit), and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona. Pontante said the group went to Washington, D.C., and lobbied for the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act, which was passed in 1996. bus and the CAWS unit. First Officer Dodds had to refer to the companys Runway Takeoff Weight Chart Manual. The jet had entered service with Northwest Airlines immediately after the merger with Republic Airlines, and the aircraft was still wearing a hybrid Republic/Northwest . The victims of the crash included NBA player Nick Vanos, seven people from Orange County, California and a four-month old baby from Arizona. [2][3] It is also the deadliest aviation accident to have a sole survivor. 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