Have you ever been surprised to learn that something terrifying and heartbreaking once happened in your own hometown, Chicago? I grew up near O’Hare International Airport in Des Plaines — “French for ...
American Airlines Flight 191 had only just lifted off from Chicago when its left engine separated from the wing. What ...
Family members, first responders and others with an emotional connection to the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191 gathered at a memorial in Des Plaines Saturday to mark the 45th anniversary ...
In the history of aviation accidents, some tragedies acquire strange stories that linger long after investigators determine what went wrong. One of the most unsettling accounts linked to a major air ...
This month marks 40 years of the American Airlines Flight 191 that crashed shortly after take off from Chicago. Bryan Smith, feature writer at the Chicago Magazine joins the Matt Bubala Show to ...
40 years ago this week 273 were killed when American Airlines flight 191 crashed mere seconds after takeoff from O’Hare. The shift operations supervisor that fateful day was Mac McCall, he joins Roe ...
To take flight as a passenger in a large airplane is disorienting. Let’s be honest, it is unnatural for us wingless humans to soar above the earth. Yet U.S. commercial air travel is so common and ...
CHICAGO (CBS)--This week marks the 40th anniversary of the day 271 doomed passengers and crew boarded an American Airlines plane at Chicago's O'Hare Airport. They never set foot on the ground in Los ...