A Southwest Airlines plane slid off a runway Tuesday during heavy rain at Chicago Midway International Airport, the airline said.
A Southwest flight arriving into Chicago's Midway airport slid off the end of the runway. WLS reports.
An only-in-America tale for some future business-school textbook:
Severe overnight storms in the Chicago area caused power outages, flight cancellations and flooded homes and roadways.
Washington struggles to return to normal as Reagan National Airport remains closed.
Here we go again. Just as travel was getting back to normal after a monster snowstorm in the East that stranded airline passengers over the weekend, more snow is falling, and more frustration is expected at airports across the region.
CNN's Sarah Lee reports from Reagan International Airport, where jets are poised to fly between snowstorms.
Talk about a hefty baggage fee:
A Southwest Airlines plane slid off a snow-covered taxiway Friday at Chicago Midway International Airport in Illinois, but no one was hurt, aviation officials said.
Your delayed flight is bad news for you and your airline, but it's money in the bank for the airports.
Federal regulators have ordered the immediate inspection of throttles on small personal jets manufactured by Eclipse Aviation Corp. after one made an emergency landing
The snowy Midwest has brought trucking to a halt. KUSA's Thanh Truong reports.
Will the opening of military airspace make for friendlier skies on the busiest travel day of the year?
Federal investigators Tuesday blamed the pilot of a Southwest Airlines jet for causing the plane to skid off a runway at Chicago's Midway Airport in 2005, an accident that killed a 6-year-old boy.
The worst flooding in almost a century forced hundreds of people from their homes in the upper Midwest, while more dangerous weather caused new misery and disruptions in the region Thursday.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is urging that commercial airplane pilots change the way they calculate stopping distances on slippery runways to avoid a crash, such as the one in Chicago that killed a child.
Authorities issued the initial findings Friday of their investigation into what caused a Southwest jet to skid off a snow-covered runway and into a nearby intersection, killing a young boy in a passing car.
Investigators are probing an accident involving a Southwest Airlines jet that skidded off a runway at Chicago's Midway Airport, plowed into an intersection and killed a boy.
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