| Date: | August 16, 1987 |
| Location: | Romulus, Michigan |
| Aircraft: | McDonnell Douglas MD-82 |
| Reg: | N312RC |
| Airline: | Northwest Airlines |
| Flight No: | 255 |
| Fatalities: | 155 : 154 |
| This Northwest Airlines MD-82 crashed shortly after takeoff because the crew failed to extend the flaps and slats. One-hundred-fifty-four people aboard died. One 4 year-old girl survived. |