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- Boeing 727 (en)
- 1440.0 (dbd:second)
- 8.204976E8 (dbd:second)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 305, en route from Portland International Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, was hijacked by D. B. Cooper. After receiving a $200,000 ransom payment and four parachutes in Seattle, he ordered the crew to fly to Mexico, and he jumped from the aft airstairs of the Boeing 727-051 while it was in flight over Washington. The aircraft later landed safely in Reno, Nevada, but Cooper's fate remains unknown. (en)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 188, an Airbus A320, flying from San Diego International Airport to Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport overflew the Minneapolis airport and continued to fly off course by 150 miles, leaving air traffic control to believe that the flight had been hijacked. The pilots originally stated that they were in an argument regarding airline policy and did not notice that they had flown off course, but later admitted to using their personal laptop computers at the time. The pilots contacted air traffic control after they realized their mistake and the flight arrived safely in Minneapolis about one hour late. The pilots' commercial flying licenses were subsequently revoked by the FAA. (en)
- An Airbus A320-211, registration N311US, operated by Northwest Airlines as flight NW557, experienced a tailstrike resulting in substantial damage upon landing on runway 16L at Denver International Airport, Colorado . The flight was a regularly scheduled passenger flight which departed from Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, Minnesota at 11:39. (en)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 85, a Boeing 747-400, experienced a lower rudder hardover during cruise. The crew declared an emergency and diverted the airplane to Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. (en)
- a Nigerian al Qaeda member tried to detonate plastic explosives on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, an Airbus A330 from Amsterdam to Detroit, as the plane was landing in Detroit. The device failed to detonate properly, and the suspect suffered third degree burns. Two other passengers incurred minor injuries. The White House said it considered it an attempted terrorist attack. (en)
- a Northwest Airlines DC-9 collided on the ground with a Northwest Airlines Airbus A319 that had just pushed back from the gate at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. The DC-9 suffered a malfunction in one of its hydraulic systems in flight. After landing, the captain shut down one of the plane's engines, inadvertently disabling the remaining working hydraulic system. Six people were injured and both planes were substantially damaged. The Airbus A319 was later repaired and is currently in service with Delta Air Lines as of December 2022. The DC-9, however, was written off. (en)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 1432 executed an emergency landing at Hector International Airport in Fargo, North Dakota because the nose wheels had jammed in an abnormal position. There were no injuries on board. (en)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 433 was hijacked en route from Milwaukee to Detroit, Michigan. The hijacker demanded to be taken to Algeria but the plane landed in Cuba instead. (en)
- registration N2280, en route from Miami to Minneapolis with 145 passengers and crew. The pilots heard a loud bang; noticing that the aircraft had lost power but not realizing why, they made a safe emergency landing in Tampa, at which point they discovered that the engine was missing. It was found the next day in a field near Madison, Florida. The accident was attributed to lavatory seals in the forward fuselage that had been improperly installed by airline technicians; when the cabin was pressurized, lavatory fluid was forced through the seals and ingested by the engine, damaging the compressor blades. (en)
- pilots mistakenly landed at Ellsworth AFB instead of the nearby Rapid City airport. Passengers aboard were asked to close their window shades by US Air Force security personnel. (en)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 985, an Airbus A320 registered N357NW with 144 passengers and 6 crew, was taking off from runway 3C at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport when the nose lifted off the runway prematurely without control input from the pilots. The captain applied forward control stick to push the nose back down, but it lifted off again when he released stick pressure. Fearing that the plane might be uncontrollable in flight, the captain initiated a rejected takeoff, but the plane briefly became airborne, sustained a hard landing and a tailstrike, and overran the runway, coming to rest in a muddy field past the threshold. Three passengers reported minor injuries from the accident and ensuing emergency evacuation. The accident was attributed to pilot-induced oscillations during the takeoff and the delay in aborting the takeoff; contributing factors were incorrect trim tab settings by the first officer, which the captain failed to notice during preflight checks, and a wet runway. (en)
- The right-hand engine fell off of Northwest Airlines Flight 5, (en)
- Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 22, a Boeing 747 en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, was hijacked by a passenger who held a razor to a flight attendant's throat and demanded to be flown to Moscow. The flight's purser subdued the hijacker with a fire ax. The flight returned to Tokyo so the hijacker's injuries could be treated; no other injuries were reported. (en)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 2, a Boeing 747-400 flying from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Philippines, to Narita International Airport near Tokyo, Japan, experienced severe turbulence when descending to Narita. The aircraft, with 408 passengers and 14 crew members aboard, landed safely; however, 50 people were injured; around five were hospitalized. (en)
- Northwest Airlines Flight 714 was hijacked to Cuba. (en)
- A Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 carrying 91 passengers flew from Fargo, North Dakota, to Minneapolis with both pilots and the flight engineer drunk. All three men were subsequently fired and had their licenses revoked by the FAA. (en)
- a Northwest Airlines 747-200, registration N627US, operating flight NW74 from Tokyo Narita Airport landed at Guam International Airport without its nose gear fully extended. The nose of aircraft made full contact with the runway. Smoke was reported on board and all passengers and crew were evacuated, with only two minor injuries reported. (en)
- due to bad weather and blizzards passengers were stranded on aircraft at Detroit for periods up to 8½ hours. An official inquiry found "... [the delays] were serious and indicate that this event had important implications for passenger safety. Moreover, even if the well being of passengers had not been an issue, the review team believes that the stranding of passengers on aircraft queued on taxiways for up to 8½ hours invites more serious problems and is simply unacceptable. None of the other airlines serving Detroit experienced ground delays approaching the magnitude of Northwest's delays." Subsequently, passengers brought various legal claims against the carrier including false imprisonment and negligence and obtained a $7.1 million settlement. (en)
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