Northwest Flight 255

Thirty years after crash, two reporters say Flight 255 is still impossible to forget

Stateside Staff

Thirty years ago today, a flight outbound from Detroit Metro Airport on its way to Phoenix never reached its destination. Moments after takeoff, Northwest…

Arts & Life

Families of Flight 255 victims wait 26 years to hear sole survivor speak

Kate Wells

This summer will mark 26 years since Northwest Flight 255 crashed onto the highway outside Detroit Metro Airport.One hundred fifty-seven people were…

Cecelia Cichan shows a tattoo of an airplane she has on her wrist. She speaks about being the sole survivor of the crash of NW flight 255 out of Detroit in a documentary. WDIV aired clips of that documentary.

Arts & Life

Documentary wraps featuring Detroit plane crash survivor

Kate Wells

Filming has wrapped on a documentary featuring the only survivor of the 1987 plane crash near Detroit.Twenty-five years after Northwest Flight 255 killed…

Remembering the victims of Flight 255

Sarah Cwiek

Mourners gathered near Detroit Metro Airport Thursday to remember those who died on board Northwest flight 255.In a small grove just off Interstate 94, a…