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A first responder removes debris from the wreckage of Capital Airlines Flight 67. Capital Airlines Flight 67 was a domestic scheduled U.S. passenger flight operated by Capital Airlines which crashed on final approach to Freeland, Michigan, during a severe snowstorm on April 6, 1958, killing all 47 people on board.
The aircraft were more than 15 years old and four of the original thirty-five had been lost to accidents. None of the remaining aircraft had been modified to cope with the structural stress demands of low-level flight. All were used for training in their designed high altitude role and, after May 1960, in the new low-level role.
On August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), resulting in the deaths of all six crew members and 148 of the 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground.
Many still remember the tragedy that struck Michigan 37 years ago — the deadliest plane crash in the state's history. On Aug. 16, 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashed mere minutes after ...
Disaster was averted Sunday after a fighter jet from a Michigan air show crashed near an apartment building, with only two injuries reported. During the Yankee Air Museum’s Thunder Over Michigan ...
A USAF Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, 81-793, of the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, lost its port wing at 1500 hrs. during a pass over Martin State Airport, Middle River, Maryland during the Chesapeake Air Show and crashed into a residential area of Bowley's Quarters, Maryland damaging several homes. [220]
Searchers discovered a small plane that crashed in Michigan's Lake Huron 17 years ago, as well as the remains of a long-missing passenger, state police said Wednesday. The remains were identified ...
The frequency of disappearances, shipwrecks, and plane crashes within the Great Lakes was first mentioned in Jay Gourley's 1977 book, titled The Great Lakes Triangle. Although the exact origin of the Michigan Triangle is unknown, later authors focused on occurrences in Lake Michigan, particularly those within the bounds of the triangle. [3]