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20 Injured After American Airlines Plane Catches Fire at Chicago's O'Hare Airport (UPDATE)

Other News Materials 29 October 2016 04:10 (UTC +04:00)
wenty people were hospitalized with minor injuries after an American Airlines plane caught fire at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport this afternoon
20 Injured After American Airlines Plane Catches Fire at Chicago's O'Hare Airport (UPDATE)

04:10(GMT+4) Twenty people were hospitalized with minor injuries after an American Airlines plane caught fire at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport this afternoon, ABC reported.

Timothy Sampey of the Chicago Fire Department said the injuries were from the rapid evacuation down slides. The injuries consisted of minor bruising and ankle injuries, said Juan Hernandez, district chief of EMS.

01:40(GMT+4) An American Airlines plane caught fire at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, the United States on Friday, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said, Sputnik International reported.

According to media reports, the plane underwent an urgent ground stop, and fire on the right wing has been put out. No information on deaths or injuries was immediately available.

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