Who was the 4 year old survivor of flight 255?


Who was the 4 year old survivor of flight 255? It was on Northwest Airlines Flight 255 from Detroit DTW to Phoenix PHX on August 16th, 1987. The pilots of an MD82 failed to extend the flaps to the takeoff position, and crashed shortly after takeoff. 154 of the 155 on board people died. The sole survivor was a 4 year old girl, Cecelia Cichan.


Were there any children found 40 days after a plane crash?

It's very easy to get lost, Acosta says. Colombian military forces help four children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed in the department of Caqueta on June 9. They came across deer, tapirs, oncillas — which look like small tigers — and poisonous snakes.


Did 4 year old Cecilia survive the plane crash?

— Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life - one that she doesn't otherwise remember. At only 4-years-old, Crocker was the lone survivor of a 1987 plane crash that killed 154 people aboard and two on the ground near Detroit Metropolitan Airport.


How many missing planes have never been found?

Yet such disappearances are not that uncommon: according to records assembled by the Aviation Safety Network, 100 aircraft have gone missing in flight and never been recovered since 1948.