United flight crashed in Chicago neighborhood 50 years ago Thursday
The crash was blamed on pilot error and failure by the captain “to exercise positive flight management.” But there were also speculations of sabotage.
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The crash was blamed on pilot error and failure by the captain “to exercise positive flight management.” But there were also speculations of sabotage.
Fifty years after the crash of United Flight 553 outside Midway much has changed at the airport and in commercial aviation.
Early December will mark the 50th anniversary of the crash of United Airlines Flight 553, which slammed into a residential neighborhood just south of Midway Airport. A survivor of one of Chicago's worst aviation disasters is reliving the nightmare.