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Northwest Airlines DC-9-40 (2007) Subvariant Series 41. The DC-9-40 is a further lengthened version. With a 6 ft 6 in (2 m) longer fuselage, accommodation was up to ...
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.
Northwest was looking for manufacturers to discuss the replacement of their 100, 110 and 125 seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft, with an average age of 35 years. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In January 2008, Northwest advised its pilots that the airline planned to cut its fleet of 92 DC-9s to 68 by the end of 2008.
Douglas DC-9: Romulus, Michigan: Flight 1482, a DC-9-14 departing for Pittsburgh collided with Flight 299, a Boeing 727-200, departing for Memphis at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport near the intersection of runways 09/27 and 03C/21C in dense fog. The 727 had begun its takeoff roll, and the DC-9 had just taxied onto the active runway.
The aircraft involved was a twin-engined McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (registration number N312RC), a derivative of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and part of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series of aircraft. [ 1 ] : 1 The jet was manufactured in 1981, entered service with Republic Airlines , and was acquired by Northwest Airlines in its merger with ...
Hughes Airwest Flight 706 The wreckage of the DC-9 at its crash site Accident Date June 6, 1971 (1971-06-06) 18:11 (6:11 PM) PDT Summary Mid-air collision Site San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, United States 34°10′30″N 118°00′00″W / 34.175°N 118.00°W / 34.175; -118.00 Total fatalities 50 Total survivors 1 First aircraft N9345, the Hughes Airwest DC ...
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Bonanza flew Douglas DC-9-10s and Fairchild F-27s in 1968, with a DC-9-30 on order, delivered after the merger. West Coast Airlines, based at Boeing Field in Seattle, served the Pacific Northwest, Idaho, Utah, Montana, and northern California. West Coast operated DC-9-10s, F-27s, and Piper Navajos in 1968.