Video appears to show cargo being sucked into plane's engine at O'Hare Airport

A luggage container hit a plane's engine cover in a separate incident at O'Hare.
Monday, October 21, 2024
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Video has emerged online of an incident that damaged the engine of a plane at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

The surveillance video appears to show the moment a piece of cargo got sucked into the engine.



It happened last Thursday after American Airlines flight 47 arrived from London's Heathrow Airport.

No one was injured, and the FAA is investigating. Further information was not immediately available.



In a separate incident Tuesday, a luggage container hit a plane's engine covers at O'Hare.

Jet Blue says while one of it plane from Boston was taxiing to the gate, a container made contact with the plane's engine covers.

No one was hurt, and maintenance is checking the plane.
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