Detroit Metro is not “in” Detroit, but Romulus, and sits right next to I-94. There was a pretty bad crash back in ‘87 I think it was, Northwest flight went down right after take off (same airport) and crashed on the highway. Only one survivor - a baby/toddler.
think I remember that crash...stand by.
Yep, Flight 255. 16 August 1987. 156 fatalities, one survivor. Pilots didn’t have the flaps set right and she stalled out on takeoff. The little girl who lived graduated from U of Alabama with a degree in psychology back in’06.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_255