File:Northwest flight 255.jpg

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Description	Still with Republic Airlines stripes after the merger. Crashed at DTW in August 1987. The flaps were not properly configured for takeoff, and the plane crashed into the highway.
Author or copyright owner	AirNikon Collection-Pima Air and Space Museum
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	https://www.airliners.net/photo/Northwest-Airlines/McDonnell-Douglas-MD-82-DC-9-82/39113
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Northwest Airlines Flight 255
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	For visual identification of the object of the article. The article as a whole is dedicated specifically to a discussion of this work.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	To show how the aircraft looked like before its accident of Flight 255, which occurred on August 16, 1987, and crashed near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Romulus, Michigan, killing 154 of 155 on board.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Northwest Airlines Flight 255//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Northwest_flight_255.jpgtrue

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