MAY 1979 CRASH OF DC-10 IN CHICAGO 1
FILE - In this May 25, 1979 photo, a portion of the landing gear of an American Airlines DC-10 lies in foreground as firemen and emergency personnel survey wreckage scene northwest of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Decades later, the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 moments after it took off from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport remains the deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history. The DC-10 was destined for Los Angeles when it lost one of its engines May 25, 1979, killing what investigators later determined were 273 people _ all 271 people aboard the jetliner and two people on the ground. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell File)
