Northwest Airlines Flight 85, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 44 relations: Air Line Pilots Association, International, Aircraft flight dynamics, Airworthiness directive, Alaska Airlines Flight 261, Alaska Time Zone, American Airlines Flight 1 (1962), Atlanta, Bering Sea, Boeing, Boeing 747-400, Crew resource management, Delta Air Lines, Delta Air Lines–Northwest Airlines merger, Delta Flight Museum, Detroit, Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel), Eastern Time Zone, Eastwind Airlines Flight 517, Fatigue (material), Federal Aviation Administration, Flight level, Flight Safety Foundation, G/O Media, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Hawaii, Honolulu, Kansai International Airport, List of Boeing customer codes, Mayday (Canadian TV series), Minneapolis–Saint Paul, N661US, Narita International Airport, Narita, Chiba, National Geographic (American TV channel), National Geographic Society, National Transportation Safety Board, Northwest Airlines, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Smithsonian Channel, Superior Airmanship Award, Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, United Airlines Flight 585, USAir Flight 427.

2. 2002 in Alaska
3. Airliner accidents and incidents in Alaska
4. Aviation accidents and incidents in 2002
5. Northwest Airlines accidents and incidents
6. October 2002 events in the United States
7. Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Air Line Pilots Association, International

The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest pilot union in the world, representing more than 77,000 pilots from 43 US and Canadian airlines.

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Aircraft flight dynamics

Flight dynamics is the science of air vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions.

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Airworthiness directive

An airworthiness directive (commonly abbreviated as AD) is a notification to owners and operators of certified aircraft that a known safety deficiency with a particular model of aircraft, engine, avionics or other system exists and must be corrected.

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Alaska Airlines Flight 261

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: two pilots, three flight attendants, and 83 passengers. Northwest Airlines Flight 85 and Alaska Airlines Flight 261 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure.

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Alaska Time Zone

The Alaska Time Zone observes standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−09:00).

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American Airlines Flight 1 (1962)

American Airlines Flight 1 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from New York International (Idlewild) Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) in New York City to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. Northwest Airlines Flight 85 and American Airlines Flight 1 (1962) are airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Bering Sea

The Bering Sea (p) is a marginal sea of the Northern Pacific Ocean.

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Boeing

The Boeing Company (or simply Boeing) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide.

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Boeing 747-400

The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.

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Crew resource management

Crew resource management or cockpit resource management (CRM) is a set of training procedures for use in environments where human error can have devastating effects.

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Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines is one of the major airlines of the United States and a legacy carrier headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Delta Air Lines–Northwest Airlines merger

On April 15, 2008, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announced a merger agreement.

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Delta Flight Museum

The Delta Flight Museum is an aviation and corporate museum located in Hapeville, Georgia, United States, near the airline's main hub, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Detroit Metropolitan Airport

Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is the primary international airport serving Detroit and its surrounding metropolitan area in Michigan, United States.

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Discovery Channel (Canadian TV channel)

Discovery Channel (often referred to as simply Discovery) is a Canadian discretionary specialty television channel owned by CTV Specialty Television Inc. (a joint venture between Bell Media & ESPN Inc. that owns 80%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (which owns the remaining 20%). Launched on January 1, 1995 by NetStar Communications, this channel is devoted to nature, adventure, science and technology programming.

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Eastwind Airlines Flight 517

On June 9, 1996, while operating a passenger flight from Trenton, New Jersey to Richmond, Virginia, the crew of Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 temporarily lost control of their Boeing 737-200 because of a rudder malfunction. Northwest Airlines Flight 85 and Eastwind Airlines Flight 517 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure.

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Fatigue (material)

In materials science, fatigue is the initiation and propagation of cracks in a material due to cyclic loading.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.

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Flight level

In aviation, a flight level (FL) is an aircraft's altitude using the International Standard Atmosphere, expressed in hundreds of feet or metres.

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Flight Safety Foundation

The Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit, international organization concerning research, education, advocacy, and communications in the field of aviation safety.

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G/O Media Inc. is an American media holding company that owns and operates several digital media outlets, including Kotaku, Jalopnik, The Root, The Inventory, and Quartz.

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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the primary international airport serving Atlanta and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Hawaii

Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean.

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Kansai International Airport

Kansai International Airport (Kansai Kokusai Kūkō), commonly known as Kankū (関空), is the primary international airport in the Greater Osaka Area of Japan and the closest international airport to the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe.

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List of Boeing customer codes

Unique, fixed customer codes were used by Boeing Commercial Airplanes to denote the original customer for airframes produced as part of Boeing's 377 Stratocruiser and later 7x7 families of commercial aircraft until 2016.

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Mayday (Canadian TV series)

Mayday is a Canadian documentary television program examining air crashes, near-crashes, hijackings, bombings, and other disasters.

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Minneapolis–Saint Paul

Minneapolis–Saint Paul is a metropolitan area in the Upper Midwestern United States centered around the confluence of the Mississippi, Minnesota, and St. Croix rivers in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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N661US

N661US is an aircraft that was built by Boeing as the prototype of the Boeing 747-400, a modernized version of the Boeing 747.

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Narita International Airport

, also known as Tokyo-Narita International Airport, formerly and originally known as, is one of two international airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area, the other one being Haneda Airport (HND).

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Narita, Chiba

is a city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.

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National Geographic (American TV channel)

National Geographic (formerly National Geographic Channel; abbreviated and trademarked as Nat Geo or Nat Geo TV) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by the National Geographic Global Networks unit of Disney Entertainment and National Geographic Partners, a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (73%) and the National Geographic Society (27%), with the operational management handled by Disney Entertainment.

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National Geographic Society

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as the Seattle P-I, the Post-Intelligencer, or simply the P-I) is an online newspaper and former print newspaper based in Seattle, Washington, United States.

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Smithsonian Channel

The Smithsonian Channel is an American pay television channel owned by Paramount Global through its media networks division under MTV Entertainment Group.

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Superior Airmanship Award

The Superior Airmanship Award is an aviation award given by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).

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Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a major airport in the U.S. state of Alaska, located southwest of downtown Anchorage.

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United Airlines Flight 585

United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991, from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members on board. Northwest Airlines Flight 85 and United Airlines Flight 585 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure.

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USAir Flight 427

USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, with a stopover at Pittsburgh International Airport. Northwest Airlines Flight 85 and USAir Flight 427 are airliner accidents and incidents caused by mechanical failure.

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See also

2002 in Alaska

• 2002 Denali earthquake
• 2002 NCAA Skiing Championships
• Northwest Airlines Flight 85

Airliner accidents and incidents in Alaska

• 1983 Anchorage runway collision
• Alaska Airlines Flight 1866
• Alaska Airlines Flight 60
• Alaska Airlines Flight 779
• Alaska Central Express Flight 51
• Capitol International Airways Flight C2C3/26
• KLM Flight 867
• Northwest Airlines Flight 4422
• Northwest Airlines Flight 85
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293
• Pan Am Flight 799
• Pan Am Flight 923
• PenAir Flight 3296
• Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8
• Taquan Air Flight 20
• Wien Air Alaska Flight 99
• Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55

Aviation accidents and incidents in 2002

• 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
• 2002 Africa One Antonov An-26 crash
• 2002 Bristow Helicopters Sikorsky S-76A crash
• 2002 Jalandhar MiG-21 crash
• 2002 Mombasa attacks
• 2002 Pirelli Tower airplane crash
• 2002 Prestige Airlines Boeing 707 crash
• 2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter crash
• Aeromist-Kharkiv Flight 2137
• Air China Flight 129
• China Airlines Flight 611
• China Northern Airlines Flight 6136
• EAS Airlines Flight 4226
• EgyptAir Flight 843
• FedEx Express Flight 1478
• Garuda Indonesia Flight 421
• HMS Richmond helicopter crash
• Iran Air Tours Flight 956
• Laoag International Airlines Flight 585
• List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–2009)
• Luxair Flight 9642
• Northwest Airlines Flight 85
• Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823
• Sknyliv air show disaster
• Swiss International Air Lines Flight 850
• TAME Flight 120
• Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561
• TransAsia Airways Flight 791

Northwest Airlines accidents and incidents

• 1985 Copenhagen bombings
• 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision
• D. B. Cooper
• Northwest Airlines Flight 1
• Northwest Airlines Flight 188
• Northwest Airlines Flight 2
• Northwest Airlines Flight 255
• Northwest Airlines Flight 327
• Northwest Airlines Flight 421
• Northwest Airlines Flight 4422
• Northwest Airlines Flight 5 (1941)
• Northwest Airlines Flight 5 (1990)
• Northwest Airlines Flight 85
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 293
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 307
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 705
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710

October 2002 events in the United States

• 2002 Shreveport mayoral election
• Halloween 2002 anti-war protest
• Northwest Airlines Flight 85
• Warren Zevon on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2002

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

• Alaska Sports Hall of Fame
• Ice Airport Alaska
• Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045
• Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E
• KLM Flight 867
• Kulis Air National Guard Base
• Northwest Airlines Flight 85
• Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8
• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_85

Also known as NW 53, NW 85, NW Flight 85, NW53, NW85, NWA 53, NWA 85, NWA53, NWA85, NorthWest Flight 85, Northwest 85, Northwest Airlines 85, Northwest Airlines Flight 53, Northwest Flight 53, Nwa flight 85.