Northwest Airlines Flight 255 Crash Animation

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, was a flight between crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport on August 16, 1987 149 passengers and crew on board. The Crash: At 20:34:40 the pushback tug was disconnected from the aircraft and at 20:34:50 the controller cleared Flight 255 to taxi to runway number 3C (center). The crew was also informed about the update of the ATIS information, to which Dodds reported on weather data update. At 20:35:43 the ground controller instructed to use taxiway C and switch to frequency 119.45 MHz to communicate with another controller. Dodds acknowledged the instructions to follow the taxiways, but did not repeat the new frequency and did not tune the radio to it. The dispatch packet provided by the airline included takeoff performance data based on using runways 21L or 21R, but the flight was cleared for takeoff on Detroit&runway 3C, the shortest available runway. The flight crew had to reconfigure the on-board computer for taking off on runway 3C. Dodds also recalculated the allowable takeoff weight for the flight and concluded that it was within normal limits. In the process of taxiing, Flight 255 missed the required turn, so Dodds contacted the ground controller and received instructions on how to proceed to runway 3C, and also to switch to 119.45 MHz. Dodds again acknowledged the instructions and this time acknowledged the new frequency and switched to it. The second ground controller specified the...