A United Airlines Boeing 767 plane lost its emergency evacuation slide in mid-air – and it ended up in the backyard of a home near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, officials and a witness said
Patrick Devitt lives in the neighborhood where the slide came down, several miles from the runways at O’Hare. He told CNN affiliate WLS his father-in-law and son were inside their home and heard a boom in their backyard around 12:15 p.m. CT. Devitt’s father-in-law walked outside, saw the slide in the backyard and told Devitt’s son to call 911. Devitt was on his way home from work at the time. When he got to the house, he dragged the slide from his backyard to the front of the home.
“When it’s all stretched out,” Devitt told the Chicago station, “it’s larger than a small car. It’s a very, very big piece of equipment that fell.” Maintenance workers at O’Hare discovered the plane was missing its slide after it landed, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. United Airlines said, “We immediately contacted the FAA and are working with our team to better understand the circumstances around this matter.
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