Douglas DC-9 crash, Dec 3, 1990 (8 killed), Detroit-Metro...
Douglas DC-9 accident on December 3, 1990 near Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, United States with 8 fatalities. Cause: Lack of proper crew...
- Date: December 3, 1990
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-9
- Location: Detroit-Metropolitan-Wayne County, Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: Lack of proper crew coordination, including a virtual reversal of roles by the DC-9 pilots, which led them to keep taxiing and delay alerting ground control; contributing factors included air traffic control and airport marking and lighting deficiencies and inadequate cockpit resource management training at Northwest.
Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, a DC-9, taxied onto an active runway at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in dense fog and collided with Northwest Flight 299, a Boeing 727, on 3 December 1990. The DC-9 lost its occupants in the collision and fire, and none of the 727 occupants were injured.