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On May 25, 1979, one of the most horrifying disasters in Chicago and American history took place at O’Hare International Airport when American Airlines Flight 191 literally fell from the sky, killing all of the 271 passengers and crew on board.
American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.
7 maj 2019 · Gonzales raced home and turned on the television to discover that it was an American Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles. The fire was still raging at the crash site, a field in Des Plaines...
27 maj 1979 · CHICAGO, May 26 (UPI) — Michael Laughlin, a pilot who took the dramatic photograph of American Airlines Flight 191 plunging to destruction, said he “just stood there shaking” and not believing...
26 maj 1979 · Hours after the crash of American Airlines Flight 191, .‐which had just taken off for Los Angeles, smoke was still pouring from the wreckage, which was too hot for removal of many of the...
21 cze 2024 · American Airlines Flight 191 crashed into a field just under 5,000 feet from its departure point. The aircraft exploded in a fiery inferno as it hit the ground, leaving behind a burning wreck. The time was 3:04 p.m. The entire incident took place in a matter of two minutes.
23 maj 2024 · 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.
