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Remind me to never buy a house near an airport. An Illinois family was shocked when they heard a huge boom in their yard only to learn that it was an emergency slide that had fallen off of a huge airplane.

Remind me to never buy a house near an airport. An Illinois family was shocked when they heard a huge boom in their yard only to learn that it was an emergency slide that had fallen off of a huge airplane.

Remind me to never buy a house near an airport. An Illinois family was shocked when they heard a huge boom in their yard only to learn that it was an emergency slide that had fallen off of a huge airplane.

Remind me to never buy a house near an airport. An Illinois family was shocked when they heard a huge boom in their yard only to learn that it was an emergency slide that had fallen off of a huge airplane.

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after an emergency evacuation slide fell off a United Airlines plane into a backyard near Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

A 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…

According to an FAA rep, maintenance workers noticed the missing slide when the plane landed at the Chicago airport.

A Chicago family had a lunchtime surprise when an evacuation slide fell from a plane approaching O'Hare International Airport and struck their house.

M Patrick Devitt of Chicago described "a very, very big piece of equipment" after an emergency evacuation slide fell off a United Airlines Boeing 767 and landed in his backyard near OHare International Airport, causing no injuries except damage to his roof.

An emergency evacuation slide from a United Airlines Boeing 767 took an unexpected detour and landed in a quiet Chicago neighborhood near O'Hare International Airport.