Wayne County Airport runway collision

When

3 Dec 1990

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

42.21° N, 83.35° W

Description

1990 runway collision between Northwest Airlines aircraft at Detroit, Michigan, USA

Deaths

8

Injured

10

Cause

runway incursion, pilot error

1990 runway collision in Michigan

On December 3, 1990, two Northwest Airlines jetliners collided at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Flight 1482, a scheduled Douglas DC-9-14 operating from Detroit to Pittsburgh International Airport, taxied by mistake onto an active runway in dense fog and was hit by a departing Boeing 727 operating as Flight 299 to Memphis International Airport.

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