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This is the deadliest aviation accident in US history. Around 3:05pm at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, American Airlines flight 191 was scheduled a regular domestic passenger flight to Los ...

11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which were a deliberate act of violence. American Airlines Flight 191 departed Chicago on May 25, 1979. Moments after takeoff, the "left engine and strut assembly ...

Wednesday night’s crash of an American Airlines commuter plane in Washington could be one of the worst disasters for the Fort Worth-based airline in more than two decades.

Before Wednesday’s crash near Washington, D.C., there had not been a fatal collision involving a commercial aircraft in the United States since 2009.

American Airlines Flight 191 remains the deadliest plane crash in American history. The second-worst accident in the United States came on Nov. 12, 2001, when 265 people were killed during a ...

Kennedy airport in New York. The worst aviation accident ever in the United States was American Airlines Flight 191, which in May 1979 lost an engine during takeoff at Chicago O’Hare ...

And they were horrific. On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed upon takeoff from O'Hare International Airport after its left engine detached from the wing, killing all 271 on board ...