Air Crash Investigation

Alarming Silence (Northwest Airlines Flight 255)

E3    Sep 22, 2010    45m    TV-14
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On 16 August 1987, Northwest Airlines Flight 255 stalls as it lifts off from Detroit Metropolitan Airport and crashes just beyond the runway, killing 154 of the 155 people on board and two people on the ground. The investigation showed that the pilots failed to configure the aircraft's flaps and slats for takeoff.
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Cast of Alarming Silence (Northwest Airlines Flight 255)
  • Stephen BogaertNarrator (voice)
  • Jonathan ArisNarrator (Nat Geo)
  • Michael KremkoJohn Clark
  • Bill LakeCaptain Maus
  • Brendan MurrayAir Traffic Controller
  • Christopher SawchynJack Drake
  • Jake SimmonsFirst Officer Dodds

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