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Coleman A. Young (1918–1997), former mayor of Detroit, and airport's namesake; Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the larger international airport and currently the primary passenger airport in the Detroit area; List of airports in Michigan; Oakland County International Airport, a major general aviation and business airport in neighboring Oakland ...
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.
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.
Restaurants continued to be rattled to their core in 2021. Here are some of the metro Detroit eateries that shut down in 2021. Notable, longtime metro Detroit eateries that closed in 2021
Douglas DC-3-209A NC18951, Ship #377 collided in mid-air with USAAF C-53 41-20116 near Kansas City, Missouri due to ATC errors; the DC-3 lost control, hit several small trees and crashed while the C-53 was able to land safely at Kansas City Municipal Airport despite a portion of the right wing missing. All on board both aircraft survived.
National Airways Airport / National Air Service Airport / National Airport [26] Oakland-Orion Airport [7] Oselka Airport [9] Packard Field, renamed Gratiot Airport in 1940, Roseville, Michigan a/k/a Greater Detroit Airport or Roseville Field. [7] [27] [28] [29] Haggerty Field / Detroit Aviation Testing Field [26] Packard Proving Ground Airfield [7]
The Learjet 55 plummeted out of the sky shortly after 6 p.m., less than a minute after taking off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport en route to Missouri’s Springfield-Branson National Airport.
Detroit — A teenager drove nearly 140 miles per hour just days before a high-speed crash in suburban Detroit last November that killed his friend, according to video obtained by CBS News this week.