Nearly 46 years ago, this disaster claimed the lives of 273 people, with 258 being passengers, 13 crew members, and 2 individuals on the ground.

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The worst aviation accident ever in the U.S. was American Airlines Flight 191, which in May 1979 lost an engine during takeoff at Chicago O’Hare International Airport and crashed moments later ...

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 ...

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In 1979, another engine detachment on a DC-10 wide-body jet caused the crash of American Airlines Flight 191. In 1988, an ...