1990 Wayne County Runway Collision

Introduction
The 1990 Wayne County Runway Collision was a collision between two Northwest Airlines jets in foggy weather. The collision lead to the death of 8 who were all on-board Flight 1482, which had taken most of the damage.

Northwest Airlines Flight 1482
Captain William Lovelace and First Officer James Schifferns were the flight crew on the DC-9, and they were at fault for the accident.

Northwest Airlines Flight 299
The crew consisted of Captain Robert Ouellette, First Officer William Hagedorn and Flight Engineer Darren Owen. They had a combined total of 8,650 hours in the 727.

The Collision
Flight 299 taxis to runway 03C, as it has been given permission to take off from there. It then begins to roll down the runway, but as it does so, the flight crew spots another plane on the runway. They quickly turn to the left, but they still collide with the plane. The right wing slices through the windows of the DC-9, and a fire begins. The pilots of the 727 quickly abandon take-off, and the plane came to a stop on the runway. Passengers were evacuated, and no one on-board Flight 299 were injured. But on Flight 1482, it was a different story. The plane had caught fire, and 8 passengers were killed, with another 10 injured.

Cause
It was found that the DC-9 pilots got lost in the fog, and they accidentally drove onto the runway. It was also found that the First Officer claimed that he knew the airport, when he did not. He did this to impress the Captain.