20 December 1972 - Aircraft destroyed after collision on runway at Chicago O'Hare Int'l Airport with a Delta Airlines Convair 880 (N8807E).

Synopsis: During a foggy evening at O'Hare International, a miscommunication between the crew of a taxiing Delta Airlines Convair 880 turbojet and O'Hare Ground Control led the Delta airliner to cross runway 27L as North Central's DC-9-31 Ship 904 was taking off on that same runway. The DC-9 crew attempted to clear the Delta jet after just becoming airborne, but clipped the tail of the CV-880 with the North Central "Nine" veering off to the right and making a hard landing on adjacent runway 32L. A post crash fire developed in the DC-9 with 10 of its 41 passengers succumbing to smoke inhalation / burns. The remaining passengers and crew of the North Central airliner as well as the passengers and crew aboard the Convair 880 successfully evacuated their respective aircraft.

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Total Aircraft Hours: 11,813

revision date: June 2014       comments or additions : email