American Airlines Flight 191, from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles International Airport, crashed during take-off on May 25, 1979 at approximately 15:04 CDT. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 had 258 passengers and 13 crew on board. There were no survivors, and two persons on the ground were also killed. It remains the deadliest single airliner accident on U.S. soil.
The captain was veteran Walter Lux, 53. His first...
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American Airlines Flight 191, from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles International Airport, crashed during take-off on May 25, 1979 at approximately 15:04 CDT. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 had 258 passengers and 13 crew on board. There were no survivors, and two persons on the ground were also killed. It remains the deadliest single airliner accident on U.S. soil.
The captain was veteran Walter Lux, 53. His first officer was James Dillard, 49, and the flight engineer was Alfred Udovich, 56. Captain Lux was one of the most experienced DC-10 pilots in the airline, and he had been flying the DC-10 since its introduction 8 years earlier. He had around 22,000 hours logged. First Officer Dillard and Flight Engineer Udovich were also very experienced, with nearly 25,000 flight hours between them. The ten flight attendants were Linda Bundens, Pauline Burns, James Dehart, Carmen Fowler, Catherine Hiebert, Carol Ohm, Linda Prince, Michael Schassburger, Nancy...
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