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Air Disaster Worst in U S History
The DC 10 crashed after an engine fell off at O Hare en route from Chicago to Los Angeles killing 271 aboard in the nation’s worst air disaster. Fire and explosion followed the nose first impact as investigators from NTSB and others began work at the scene. The scene was described by witnesses as a blazing wreck with many bodies recovered by nightfall.
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Chicago
American Airlines Flight 191
Los Angeles
O’hare International Airport
Douglas Dreifus
National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
American Airlines
Federal Aviation Administration
Neal Callahan
Callahan
Flight 191
San Francisco
Glenn R. Nichols
Nichols
Citrus Heights
Art Jackson
Sacramento
Pacific Telephone
Michael Laughlin
Toronto
O'Hare
Oasis Mobile Home Park
Charles Pepp
Pepp
Walter Lux
Tempe
Ariz
Air Force
American