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Summary:

In Chicago in 1979, a packed aircraft crashes shortly after takeoff from the Chicago International Airport into a trailer park community, resulting in the deaths of 273 people. The cause of the crash prompts an extensive review and overhaul of aviation maintenance protocols.

Contributors:

Metcalfe, Nick , producer, director

Guinness, Peter , narrator

Darlow Smithson Productions , producer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pro

National Geographic Television & Film , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

In English.

Alternate Titles:

Chicago air crash

Subjects:

Aircraft accidents — Human factors

Aircraft accidents — Investigation — Illinois — Chicago

Airplanes — Maintenance and repair

Aircraft accidents

Aircraft accidents — Investigation

Airplanes

Illinois — Chicago

Genres:

Documentary television programs

Online media

Internet videos

General Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed Jan. 25, 2015).
Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (50 min.))

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

OCLC Numbers:

902682936

Other Control Numbers:

2685452 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP2685452/avon