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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.On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control.
Once they did, they alerted the Chicago Fire Department, which arrived at the scene on Runway 32L about a minute later, three minutes after the crash. [1]: 19–20 Employing 11 crash and fire vehicles and two ambulances, the fire department extinguished the fire in about 16 minutes at around 6:19 p.m. CST. [1]: 10
On March 24, 2014, a Chicago "L" train crashed at O'Hare station, injuring 34 people. A Blue Line train entering the station, the line's terminus, crashed into a bumper block and ran up an escalator after the operator fell asleep at the controls. The crash caused over $11 million in damage and halted service to O'Hare station for 6 days.
On December 27, 1968, North Central Airlines Flight 458 crashed into a hangar while attempting a night landing in poor weather at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Of the 41 passengers and four crew members, only 17 passengers and one crew member survived. [1]
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 was a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft, registration N137US, [1] which crashed on take-off from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport September 17, 1961. All 37 on board were killed in the accident.
A taxiing airplane's wing struck a United Airlines tug driving at Chicago O'Hare International Airport, flipping the vehicle over and pinning the driver underneath it, police said. "The victim and ...
The flight was en route from Indianapolis International Airport, Indiana to O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois. Flight 4184 was scheduled to depart the gate in IND at 14:10 and arrive in ORD at 15:15; however, due to deteriorating weather conditions at ORD, the flight left the gate at 14:14 and was held on the ground for 42 minutes ...
At least two people suffered minor injuries when an employee shuttle clipped a passenger airplane taxiing for departure at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Friday, officials said.