American Airlines Flight 191

The DC-10 was bound for Los Angeles when it lost one of its engines moments after taking off from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. All 271 people on board and two people on the ground were killed.

Date

1979-05-25

Deaths (Wikipedia list)

273

What the pin marks

The crash site beside O'Hare International Airport, as the cited page positions it.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_191

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: aviation, chicago, dc-10, engine separation

Coordinates: 42.00972, -87.92917

Part of Airliner accidents that killed 200 or more people since 1970

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