American Airlines Flight 191 departed Chicago on May 25 ... all 258 passengers and 13 crew members on the aircraft, as well as two individuals at the site of the crash," said Encyclopedia Britannica.

Jim Lounsbury: Friday, May 25th, American Airlines' Flight 191, a DC-10 wide-bodied jet, taxies away from the gate at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport for a routine flight to Los Angeles.

“Our concern is for the passengers and crew on board the aircraft ... accident ever in the United States was American Airlines Flight 191, which in May 1979 lost an engine during takeoff ...