Northwest Airlines Flight 255

1987 crash of an MD-80 aircraft in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Event aircraft_crash Q1459010
Northwest Airlines Flight 255
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Northwest Airlines Flight 255

Summary

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 is an aircraft crash[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of aircraft_crash entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,272 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255 is located in Michigan[3].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255 is in the country of United States[4].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's image is recorded as NW255 crashsite.jpg[5].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's instance of is recorded as aircraft crash[6].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's item operated is recorded as McDonnell Douglas MD-82[7].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's operator is recorded as Northwest Airlines[8].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's location is recorded as Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport[9].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's Commons category is recorded as Northwest Airlines Flight 255[10].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's point in time is recorded as +1987-08-16T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.24, 'lon': -83.3277}[12].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03bd1d[13].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+156'}[14].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's depicted by is recorded as Alarming Silence[15].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's described by source is recorded as Mayday[16].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's start point is recorded as Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport[17].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's destination point is recorded as Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport[18].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+1'}[19].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's Aviation Safety Network accident ID is recorded as 19870816-2[20].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's plaque image is recorded as Flight255 Memorial GM Proving Ground.jpg[21].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's vessel is recorded as McDonnell Douglas MD-80/MD-90 family[22].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's different from is recorded as Northwest Airlines Flight 253[23].
  • Northwest Airlines Flight 255's National Transportation Safety Board report ID is recorded as AAR8805[24].

Why It Matters

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 ranks in the top 4% of aircraft_crash entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,272 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ntsb.gov. ntsb.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Northwest Airlines Flight 255. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/northwest-airlines-flight-255
MLA “Northwest Airlines Flight 255.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/northwest-airlines-flight-255.
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