| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 03, 1990 |
| Time: | 1345 |
| Location: | Romulus, Michigan |
| Operator: | Northwest Airlines/ Northwest Airlines |
| Flight #: | 299/1482 |
| Route: | Detroit - Pittsburg |
| AC Type: | Boeing B-727-251 / MD Douglas DC-9-14 |
| Registration: | N278US/N3313L |
| cn / ln: | 21157 / 45708/77 |
| Aboard: | 198 (passengers:186 crew:12) |
| Fatalities: | 8 (passengers:7 crew:1) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | Ground collision in dense fog. The 727 was on its takeoff roll when the DC-9 taxied onto the active runway. The tip of the 727 cut into the fuselage of the DC-9. Improper crew coordination aboard the DC-9. Failure of the DC-9 crew to stop and alert ATC of positional uncertainty. Poor signage of taxiways. Eight killed aboard the DC-9. None aboard the B-727. |
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