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On approach: plane escape slide crashes on house roof in Chicago
The United Airlines plane landed at O’Hare Airport in Chicago without an emergency slide (symbolic photo)
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A homeowner in Chicago has made an unusual discovery: he found an airplane evacuation slide in his backyard. It had apparently fallen from the sky when a United Airlines plane approached O’Hare Airport for landing.
It was around 12:15 p.m. Monday when the man heard a loud bang. As he told the news channel WLS, he was having lunch with his father-in-law and his son. When he went outside into the backyard, he could hardly believe it: that’s where she was Escape slide of an airplane.
This lost a United Airlines Boeing 767, which had taken off from Zurich and landed at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. There were 155 passengers and ten crew members on board the aircraft. After landing, maintenance workers found that the plane’s evacuation slide was missing.
Chicago: Escape slide from the plane lands on the roof
Luckily, no one got hurt. However, the roof of the house, the downpipe and a window pane were damaged in the impact. It is unclear why the slide fell out of the plane.
In a statement to the TV station, United Airlines said it had contacted the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after the incident. They will now investigate the case in detail.
Although it’s rare, it’s not the first time a Boeing 767 has lost its chute. In April 2016, one such example crashed onto the porch of a house near Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona. The resident escaped with a fright.
In December 2019, a similar incident occurred in Boston near Logan Airport. There, the inflatable part, weighing around 160 kilograms, fell from a Delta Air Lines machine into a garden. In an emergency, the inflatable escape slides are used to quickly evacuate the cabin.
Watch the video: Charlotte, USA: This plane has a problem. The front landing gear cannot be extended. The aircraft will hit the ground hard with its fuselage. A passenger films the emergency landing.
Sources:Associated Press, WLS TV