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United Airlines Flight 553 crash

United Airlines Flight 553

United Airlines Flight 553 was a Boeing 737-222 that crashed on approach to Chicago Midway International Airport at 2:28 p.m. CST, on December 8, 1972. After the crew was told to go around and abort their first landing attempt on runway 31L at Midway Airport, the aircraft struck trees and then roofs along W. 71st Street before crashing into a house at 3722 W. 70th Place.[2] A total of 45 people were killed in the accident, 43 of them on the plane.

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