The 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision occurred when Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, operated by a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9, taxied onto an active runway in heavy fog at the same time as Northwest Airlines Flight 299, operated by a Boeing 727, was undertaking its takeoff roll.
A serious accident occurred at the Wayne County Airport in 1990 involving two planes. At that time, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, a DC-9, was moving onto the runway when another plane, Flight 299, a Boeing 727, was getting ready to depart into thick fog.