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NW255

December 8, 2020

Thanks to our listener James Wadsworth for recommending this episode!

Photo Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_255

https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-michigan/2019/08/15/32-years-ago-northwest-flight-255-crashes-after-takeoff-from-detroit-metro-airport/

https://livingsafelywithhumanerror.wordpress.com/2016/09/04/lessons-learned-from-northwest-airlines-flight-255-30-years-later/

https://www.thenewsherald.com/news/death-and-destruction-lined-middlebelt-road-30-years-ago-after-flight-255-crash/article_543a5394-cab5-5de0-aa4b-67b96516429d.html

https://alchetron.com/Northwest-Airlines-Flight-255

Research Sources:

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR8805.pdf

“Alarming Silence.” Air Disasters, season 2, episode 5, Smithsonian Channel, 15 July 2012.

Dickens, Ky, director. Sole Survivor. Amazon Prime, 2014.

Ceceila Cichan the survivor from this accident.

Ceceila Cichan the survivor from this accident.

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