American Airlines Flight 191 took off from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979, bound for Los Angeles.
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, were ...
Delta Flight 191 was approaching Dallas with 163 people aboard when it encountered a devastating microburst. The crew fought ...
With its left engine missing, American Airlines Flight 191 goes into a severe roll, then crashes in a burst of flames less than a mile away from the runway in 1979. These photos were taken by Michael ...
Friday, May 25, 1979. The long Memorial Day weekend beckoned. The sky was luminous, the spring air blessedly warm. O’Hare International Airport teemed with travelers. At 3:02 p.m., air traffic ...
America’s deadliest airplane crash — the 9/11 attacks are in a separate terrorism category — occurred 40 years ago this Memorial Day weekend. A quarter-century later, in 2004, a Tribune editorial ...