Nearly 46 years ago, this disaster claimed the lives of 273 people, with 258 being passengers, 13 crew members, and 2 individuals on the ground.

American Airlines Flight 191 is seen plunging — the 1979 crash remains the deadliest aircraft accident in US history. | Credit: Michael Laughlin / Chicago Tribune / Tribune News Service via ...

11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which were a deliberate act of violence. American Airlines Flight 191 departed Chicago on May 25, 1979. Moments after takeoff, the "left engine and strut assembly ...

An American Airlines commuter jet with 64 people aboard collided with a military helicopter Wednesday evening during a landing approach in Washington, D.C., causing both aircraft to crash into the ...

Kennedy airport in New York. The worst aviation accident ever in the United States was American Airlines Flight 191, which in May 1979 lost an engine during takeoff at Chicago O’Hare ...

American Airlines Flight 191 remains the deadliest plane crash in American history. The second-worst accident in the United States came on Nov. 12, 2001, when 265 people were killed during a ...

PSA is a subsidiary of American Airlines Group. According to American Airlines, American Eagle Flight 5342, the flight involved in the incident, "was operated by PSA Airlines with a CRJ-700." ...