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From the Vault: News coverage from crash of Northwest Flight 255 in 1987August of 2022 marks 35 years since Flight 255 crashed after taking off from Detroit Metro Airport.
34 years ago: Northwest Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metro AirportOn August 16, 1987, Northwest Flight 255 crashed shortly after taking off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing 156 people.
The unexplained disappearance of Northwest Flight 2501 over Lake MichiganOn June 23, 1950, a plane traveling from New York to Minneapolis crashed into Lake Michigan.