Plane sucks baggage cart into engine while skidding on snowy O'Hare airport tarmac | Video

Chicago weather: Winter storm dumped over 3 inches of snow near airport Friday
Monday, January 31, 2022
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A China Airlines cargo plane sustained serious damage during a taxiing crash at O'Hare.

Video shows the jet crashing into a baggage cart on the tarmac during Friday morning's snowstorm.
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China Airlines' Corporate Communications Office said flight CI5240 was a 747-400F freighter that landed in Chicago from Anchorage, Alaska about 5:10 a.m.

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The engine appears to suck in a luggage cart and hit at least one other as it tries to make a turn.
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No one was hurt, but one of the plane's left engines was left badly damaged.

The airline blamed heavy snow and a slippery taxiway for the incident and is investigating.
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