On August 16 , 1987 , Romulus was the site of the Northwest Airlines Flight 255 disaster , in which the plane serving the flight crashed into an overpass bridge and exploded just seconds after taking off . The crash killed all but one of the 155 passengers and crew and two more people on the roadway . A memorial for the victims is at the crash site at the Interstate 94 and Middlebelt Road interchange
Flight 255
Northwest Airlines Flight 255
Romulus, Michigan