The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
– It was a quiet lunch hour for a Far Northwest Side family Monday – until it most assuredly wasn't.
As CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov reported Monday night, United is not yet giving answers as to how this incident happened – as an investigation is under way. Meanwhile, the family that found that big plane part is just glad no one was hurt.Devitt said it was no ordinary object that fell from the sky around noon, and hit the side of their house in the 4700 block of North Chester Avenue – near Lawrence and Cumberland avenues - in the O'Hare community just east of the airport.
They were especially lucky considering Devitt's 2-year-old son was right inside eating lunch with his grandfather. Devitt said he and his father-in-law dragged the 6-foot-by-6-foot crumpled slide into the front yard - and called police and other authorities. "I think we're seeing here there could be a pattern," said transportation expert Joe Schwieterman of DePaul University.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Emergency evacuation slide from United flight falls into neighborhood near Chicago O'Hare International Airport | CNNA United Airlines Boeing 767 plane lost its emergency evacuation slide in mid-air Monday – and it ended up in the backyard of a home near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, officials and a witness said.
Read more »
Plane debris lands in backyard near O'Hare Airport, authorities sayFederal officials are investigating after a piece of debris fell into a backyard near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday afternoon.
Read more »
Airplane's emergency slide falls into Chicago backyard, investigation underwayAn investigation is underway after an airplane's emergency evacuation slide fell into the backyard of a home near O'Hare International Airport on Monday.
Read more »
Plane emergency evacuation slide lands in Chicago neighborhoodAn emergency evacuation slide from a plane that landed at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago apparently fell off and was found in a nearby neighborhood, officials say.
Read more »
Trendy tavern fare from The Dearborn is new nosh at O'HareHaute cuisine burgers and pizza are landing at O'Hare in 2024, when Loop favorite The Dearborn opens in Terminal 5.
Read more »