Air disaster

Southwest Airlines Flight 1248

8 Dec 2005 · 41.79° N, 87.76° W

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When
8 Dec 2005
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
41.79° N, 87.76° W
Description
December 8, 2005 runway overrun at Chicago Midway Airport
Deaths
1

Southwest Airlines Flight 1248

2005 aviation accident in Illinois

Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 was a scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore, Maryland, to Chicago, Illinois, continuing on to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. On December 8, 2005, the Boeing 737-7H4 operating the flight slid off the runway at Midway International Airport in Chicago while landing in a snowstorm and crashed into automobile traffic, killing a six-year-old boy.

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