United Flight Blows Tire at O'Hare With 127 Passengers as 2nd Landing Incident Hits in Hours
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Updated · NBC Chicago · Aug 17
United Flight Blows Tire at O'Hare With 127 Passengers as 2nd Landing Incident Hits in Hours
1 articles · Updated · NBC Chicago · Aug 17
Summary
A United Airlines flight from Omaha blew a tire while exiting the runway at Chicago O'Hare on Monday afternoon, the second such incident at the airport within hours.
Air traffic control said the plane was carrying 127 passengers; no injuries were immediately reported, and passengers were set to deplane on the tarmac and return to the terminal by bus.
Earlier Monday, an American Airlines flight arriving from New York's LaGuardia blew multiple landing-gear tires in a separate part of O'Hare.
That American flight carried 180 passengers, also reported no injuries, and was met without signs of fire or smoke, according to Chicago firefighters and airline officials.
The FAA said it will investigate the American Airlines incident; the report did not say whether the later United tire blowout is also under federal review.