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Emergency evacuation slide from United flight falls into neighborhood near Chicago O’Hare International Airport

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A United Airlines Boeing 767 plane lost its emergency evacuation slide in mid-air Monday – and it ended up in the backyard of a home near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, officials and a witness said. (www.cnn.com) More...

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volvodadfast
Ichiro Sugioka 34
This video shows where the overwing slide deploys from on a 767
https://youtu.be/xsnAlNpkNuw
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lynx318
lynx318 10
Well that answers my question before asking, thank you.
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bigjas747
bigjas747 7
Thanks for sharing that much appreciated.
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jbsimms
James Simms 7
Slip Slidin’ Away…….
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NuDey
Atanu Dey 6
It was nearing its destination . . .
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mutrock
Mark Kortum 7
"Hey Sarah! No need to rent a bouncy house for the kid's next birthday party."
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flyincj
flyincj 7
Thank goodness it didn’t hit the 767’s rear stabilizers and control surfaces.
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coljim317
James Strickland 4
Just before pushing back a 737 at BUR (1985) I noticed a 6 inch bolt imbedded in one of the nose wheels. Flight delayed until it was replaced. Often wondered where that bolt came from.
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fireftr
Dale Ballok 1
Wow! That’s a real informative addendum to the “emergency slide” discussion here!🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️😩👎
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jmadunleavy
John D 4
How does that even happen?
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charlie02vy
Charlie Roberts 9
Overwing escape slide door locks fail or not properly engaged
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bentwing60
bentwing60 2
Unless this bird just came out of MX, the over wing doors and slides never move and my first question is where is the door, and who was sitting next to it on this flight and where is the body? The second would be, if no one occupied that seat who did on the inbound flight?

Doors don't just fall off of Part 121 aircraft since the DC-10!
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srobak
srobak 4
The door is external facing and for the slide. Has nothing to do with passengers.
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charlie02vy
Charlie Roberts 6
The overwing door on N666UA is not a passenger door. This door is a Side-Of-body panel/door.
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Frankshumate
Frank Shumate 1
Ual 747 departing HNL.
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pmorash
Peter Morash 3
Huh. I always thought they were bright yellow. Interesting to see a silver one. Is that some sort of a heat-resistant material?
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charlie02vy
Charlie Roberts 7
Generaly, Life rafts are the bright yellow, while slides are the silver color. In the case of this series of 767, the overwing slide is not useable as a Life Raft.
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Propwash122
Peter Fuller 1
Same thing happened December 1, 2019: a Delta 763 dropped a slide on approach into Boston.

https://www.avherald.com/h?article=4d010893&opt=0
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