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American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.
American Airlines flight 191, flight of a passenger airliner that crashed on May 25, 1979, near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. A total of 273 people died: all 258 passengers and 13 crew members on the aircraft, as well as two individuals at the site of the crash.
Photo of American Airlines Flight 191, DC10. American Airlines Flight 191, a DC-10, experienced a number 1 (left wing) engine/strut failure, and subsequent engine and strut separation, on takeoff from Chicago, O'Hare Airport on May 25, 1979.
On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport shortly after takeoff, resulting in 273 fatalities.
The crash of American Airlines Flight 191 near Chicago, Illinois, in May 1979 remains one of the deadliest accidents in aviation history. The Los Angeles-bound flight, operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, crashed just after takeoff after one of its engines detached.
In memory of the 273 people lost in the crash of American Airlines Flight 191, pause for 31 seconds today at 3:04 pm. That marks the amount of time 44 years ago that the aircraft was in the air. The AA191 Memorial is on the NW corner of Lee & Touhy, not far from the crash site.
American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10, crashed on takeoff from Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, Illinois, USA. The aircrtaft was destroyed and all 271 occupants were killed. Additionally, two persons on the ground sustained fatal injuries.