American Airlines Flight 191

When

25 May 1979

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

42.01° N, 87.93° W

Description

1979 aviation accident in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Deaths

273

1979 aviation accident in Chicago, Illinois

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 then-existing runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control.

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