A United Airlines Boeing 767 plane lost its emergency evacuation slide in mid-air Monday near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
According to the Federal Aviation Administration, maintenance workers at O’Hare discovered an emergency evacuation slide was missing from a United Airlines Boeing 767 that had just safely landed after a flight from Zurich, Switzerland sometime Monday afternoon.
The Boeing 767 (reg. N666UA) is 24 years old and was arriving from Zurich. The plane landed on time at 12:35 CDT.
A man and his son were inside their home and heard a boom in their backyard.
The slide that fell off flight 12 today and floated down to North Chester in Norridge caught on security cam. Starts at about 12:27:37 you can see it floating down. @nbcchicago @ABC7Chicago @fox32news @WGNNews @cbschicago @UnitedAirlines @CNN @FAANews @ohare @fly2ohare pic.twitter.com/l5OaN4DCkU
— Steven Preston (@streaker_67) July 18, 2023
They dragged the slide from the backyard to the front of the home. They said the large piece of equipment damaged the roof of the home and a kitchen window.