Northwest Airlines Flight 255 : August 16, 1987: A series of cockpit distractions while on the runway causes the crew to neglect to follow the taxi checklist prior to takeoff. The plane attempts to take off without its flaps or slats deployed, fails to gain sufficient altitude, and crashes. The crash kills 154 of 155 passengers and crew on board, as well as 2 people on the ground. At the time this was the second deadliest air disaster on US soil, second only to the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 eight years earlier.
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