Northwest Airlines Flight 255
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<entity_2>, a <entity_3>, crashed shortly after takeoff from <entity_0> on <entity_5>, at about 8:46 p.m. EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), killing all six crew members and 148 of its 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground. The aircraft involved in the crash was a twin-engine <entity_3> (registration number <entity_8>), a derivative of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 and part of the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series of aircraft The jet was manufactured in 1981, entering service with Republic Airlines and acquired by <entity_4> in its merger with Republic in 1986. The flight crew began <entity_5>, by operating the incident aircraft as Northwest Flight 750 from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, flying to MBS International Airport in Saginaw, <entity_6>. Departing Saginaw, the flight crew operated the same aircraft as Flight 255, flying to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, with intermediate stops scheduled at <entity_0> in Romulus, <entity_6> (near <entity_7>), and <entity_1> in Arizona. Other than a minor problem taxiing to the arrival gate, the flight from Saginaw to <entity_7> was uneventful During the stopover in <entity_7>, a <entity_4> mechanic inspected the aircraft and the logbook.
['aircraft crash']