The 258 passengers who boarded American Airlines Flight 191 at O’Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979, were traveling for a variety of reasons. Some, who attended work meetings in Chicago ...

Sunday marked 46 years since the deadliest plane crash in U.S. history, and it happened near a Chicago airport.

Flight 191 carried 271 men, women and children to premature deaths. How many deaths it has prevented is a surely chilling number that none of us who fly in airliners can ever know. Chicago Bears Q ...

Spotting Flight 191 starting its run ... Photo: Jay Needleman/Chicago Tribune Rushing to the scene in his BMW, Gonzales went first to the trailer park. News helicopters hovered overhead while ...

The Rev. Michael Zaniolo, who serves as chaplain for the Interfaith Airports Chapels of Chicago, said a prayer ... family member that those aboard Flight 191 have reached an ideal destination ...