Exactly 32 years ago today, on December 3, 1990, two Northwest Airlines planes collided on the runway at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW), killing one crew member and seven passengers. Northwest Airlines flight 1482 was a regularly scheduled service between Detroit and Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) in Pennsylvania. The aircraft being used for the flight was a 24-year-old Douglas DC-9. In charge of the flight was 52-year-old Captain William Lovelace, an experienced pilot with 23,000 flight hours, 4,000 of which were on the DC-9. Assisting the captain was 43-year-old First Officer James Schifferns, who had 4,685 flying hours, of which 185 were on the DC-9.
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