Date: 25 December 2009
Flight: Flight 253
Aircraft: Airbus A330-323X
Location: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Summary: Attempted bombing
Is Northwest Airlines Safe?
We track reported incidents for Northwest Airlines. This page lists 16 recorded events and highlights the most recent entry.
Most recent listed incident: 25 December 2009
Date: 21 October 2009
Flight: Flight 188
Aircraft: Airbus A320-211
Location: over Minnesota
Summary: Pilot distraction, pilot error
Date: 9 October 2002
Flight: Flight 85
Aircraft: Boeing 747-451
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Summary: Metal fatigue, rudder malfunction
Date: 28 October 1998
Flight: Flight 957 and Flight 7
Aircraft: Both Airbus A320s
Location: Seattle and Memphis
Summary: Hazardous material leakage
Date: 3 December 1990
Flight: Flight 1482
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-14
Location: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
Summary: Runway collision with a Northwest Boeing 727
Date: 16 August 1987
Flight: Flight 255
Aircraft: Douglas DC-9-82
Location: Romulus, Michigan
Summary: Pilot error, failure to extend flaps and slats for takeoff
Date: 27 October 1948
Flight: Flight 6427
Aircraft: Douglas C-54A
Location: 34 mi N of Edmonton
Summary: Pilot error
Date: 29 August 1948
Flight: Flight 421
Aircraft: Martin 2-0-2
Location: Fountain City, Wisconsin
Summary: Structural failure
Date: 12 March 1948
Flight: Flight 4422
Aircraft: Douglas C-54G
Location: Mount Sanford
Summary: CFIT
Date: 8 December 1945
Flight: 45-922 (leased from USAAF)
Aircraft: Douglas C-47B
Location: near Billings, Montana
Summary: Weather, CFIT
Date: 18 September 1944
Flight: 43-15738 (leased from USAAF)
Aircraft: Douglas C-47A
Location: Mount Deception, Alaska
Summary: CFIT
Date: 30 October 1941
Flight: Flight 5
Aircraft: Douglas DC-3A-269
Location: Moorhead, Minnesota
Summary: Icing, loss of control
Date: 13 January 1939
Flight: Flight 1
Aircraft: Lockheed L-14H Super Electra
Location: near Miles City, Montana
Summary: In-flight fire
Date: 8 July 1938
Flight: Flight 4
Aircraft: Lockheed L-14H Super Electra
Location: Billings Municipal Airport
Summary: Stall on takeoff
Date: 16 May 1938
Flight: NC17394
Aircraft: Lockheed L-14H2 Super Electra
Location: near Santa Clarita, California
Summary: Poor visibility, CFIT
Date: 10 January 1938
Flight: Flight 2
Aircraft: Lockheed L-14H Super Electra
Location: near Bozeman, Montana
Summary: In-flight breakup, design defect