An American Eagle flight slid off the runway Monday morning in Chicago as snow and blustery winds led to hundreds of flight cancellations at the city's airports
This week's Arctic blast will be so cold, forecasters expect it to break more than 300 records across USAll 38 passengers and three crew members were deplaned from the aircraft and are now safely back in the terminal, said American Airlines spokesperson Ross Feinstein. The flight originated in Greensboro, North Carolina.
At the time of the incident, there was light snow with visibility of less than a mile, wind gusts of 30 miles per hour and a temperature of 23 Fahrenheit.As of 10 a.m. ET, 500 flights were canceled at O'Hare and Midway International Airport due to weather conditionsThe National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for parts of Chicago until 3 p.m. ET.Read More CNN meteorologist Judson Jones contributed to this report.
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