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 ...

American Airlines Flight 191 leaves the terminal at O'Hare International Airport and rolls out to a runway on May 25, 1979. Minutes later, it crashed. All 271 aboard the DC-10 and two people on ...

American Airlines Flight 191 leaves the terminal at O’Hare International Airport and rolls out to a runway on May 25, 1979. Minutes later, it crashed. All 271 aboard the DC-10 and two people on ...

American Airlines Flight 191 leaves the terminal at O’Hare International Airport and rolls out to a runway on May 25, 1979. Minutes later, it crashed. All 271 aboard the DC-10 and two people on ...

American Airlines Flight 191 Crashes . December 1, 2020, 9:12 am . Photo: Frank Hanes/Chicago Tribune May 25, 1979. A witness on the ground at O’Hare captured a nightmarish photo of the DC-10 ...

They chose American Airlines Flight 191 that had been forgotten and the need for a memorial as their project! 60 bright determined 6th graders, presented their project at the Dirksen Federal ...

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 ...

On May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 took off for what was to be a flight to Los Angeles International Airport. During takeoff, the left engine and pylon assembly and about 3 feet of the ...

American Airlines Flight 191 leaves the terminal at O’Hare International Airport and rolls out to a runway on May 25, 1979. Minutes later, it crashed. All 271 aboard the DC-10 and two people on ...