Storm update: Snowfall is Chicago area s biggest in a couple years
Mike Inman of Elgin blows snow on the street in front of his Elgin home Tuesday, after several inches of snow fell overnight. Inman said it was about what he expected. No biggie, he said. Rick West | Staff Photographer
Mike Siri removes snow Tuesday morning from The Relationship Center s sidewalk on Main Street in downtown Wauconda. Paul Valade | Staff Photographer
Vito Manola of Palatine spent time digging out the fire hydrant across the street from his house Tuesday morning. We needed a good snow, he said as he scraped and brushed snow off the hydrant. It s awesome today.
USA TODAY
Federal authorities are still investigating an incident last week in which a small plane’s wheel fell off mid-air and landed in a Chicago family’s yard.
The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 landed safely at Chicago O’Hare International Airport at about 6:40 p.m., the Federal Aviation Administration told USA TODAY.
The Boutique Airlines aircraft, with seven people aboard, was flying from Ironwood, Michigan, to O’Hare, the FAA said.
Shonah Grant told the Chicago Tribune that she and her husband had just returned from a stroll through their Jefferson Park neighborhood when they noticed something in their yard that looked like a tire rim. As the moved closer, they saw more debris.
Associated Press
Police examine parts from an airplane wheel after it fell from a flying aircraft near several homes in the Jefferson Park neighborhood Thursday in Chicago. No injuries were reported on the ground or among those on the plane, which the Chicago Department of Aviation said sent up sparks on a runway as it landed Thursday evening without its left side landing gear. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune via AP)
CHICAGO A tire fell from a small plane near homes in a Chicago neighborhood before the plane landed safely at O’Hare International Airport.
No injuries were reported on the ground or among those on the plane, which sent up sparks on a runway as it landed Thursday evening without its left side landing gear, the Chicago Department of Aviation said.