{"id":1976948,"date":"2023-07-19T02:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T06:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planes-emergency-slide-falls-from-sky-during-flight-damages-chicago-home\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T02:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T06:26:25","slug":"planes-emergency-slide-falls-from-sky-during-flight-damages-chicago-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planes-emergency-slide-falls-from-sky-during-flight-damages-chicago-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency slide from plane falls, damages Chicago home."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fplanes-emergency-slide-falls-from-sky-during-flight-damages-chicago-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976948&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Surprise \u2064in the Sky: A Plane&#8217;s Safety Equipment\u200b Lands in Chicago Backyard<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One Chicago household \u2062had \u200bthe surprise of a lifetime this week \u2064when a piece of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/4-dead-dozens-injured-after-suspected-human-smuggling-boat-carrying-migrants-capsizes-near-san-diego\/\" title=\"4 Dead, Dozens Injured After Suspected Human Smuggling Boat Carrying Migrants Capsizes Near San Diego\">safety equipment<\/a> from a commercial \u2064airliner fell from \u2062the\u200d sky\u2062 into their backyard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span\u2064 style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Monday afternoon, \u200can emergency evacuation slide <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/07\/17\/emergency-slide-from-plane-reaching-chicagos-ohare-airport-lands-in-backyard\/\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">fell<\/a> from a United Airlines\u200c flight arriving\u200d at Chicago O\u2019Hare \u2063International Airport <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/plane-emergency-evacuation-slide-falls-out-aircraft-flight-rcna94822\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from<\/a> \u200cZurich, Switzerland. No one \u200dwas injured in the\u200c incident,\u2063 but\u2063 the house sustained some\u200c damage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u2064 400\">\u201cI\u2019m \u200dstunned \u200da little bit. I\u2019m just glad\u2063 that everybody is safe and okay,\u201d homeowner\u2063 Patrick Devitt <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/emergency-slide-falls-from-plane-ohare-airport-chicago-news\/13515495\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cJust seeing that in\u200c my\u2063 backyard, like wow.\u2063 This really\u200c happened. It fell \u200boff of\u200d an \u2062airplane and landed in our\u200d backyard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:\u2064 400\">The\u200b house is not \u2064far \u2064from \u200dthe\u2064 airport, and Devitt\u2019s son and father-in-law\u200d were inside\u200c when the slide hit the home, which made\u200b a\u2064 sound they\u2063 described\u200b as a\u2063 \u201cboom.\u201d The house\u2019s\u200b roof,\u200c window\u2064 screen,\u2062 and\u2064 downspout were damaged from the impact.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u2062 style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the plane landed at \u200dO\u2019Hare, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/planes-emergency-slide-falls-from-sky-during-flight-damages-chicago-home\/\" title=\"Emergency slide from plane falls, damages Chicago home.\">maintenance\u2062 workers discovered<\/a> that the slide \u2063was\u2063 missing.\u2064 According to the \u2062Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the\u200b Boeing 767 was\u2062 carrying 155 \u2063passengers and 10\u2063 crew members, but no one \u200don the plane \u200cknew \u2064what \u200chad happened, according\u200c to Today \u200dShow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u2064<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhen\u200c it\u2019s all stretched \u2062out, \u2064like it\u2019s \u200da little jumbled\u2064 up I\u2019m\u2063 sure in the picture from\u2064 when we dragged it\u2063 out, it\u2019s larger \u2064than\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-an-electric-car-cemetery-in-france\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show An \u2018Electric Car Cemetery\u2019 In France?\">small car<\/a>,\u201d Devitt told WLS-TV. \u200b\u201cIt\u2019s a \u2062very, very big\u200d piece of equipment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the slide\u200b had scraped\u200d the roof and\u200b landed\u200d in\u200c the backyard, the \u200cmen called\u200c the police, and \u200bwithin a\u200c half hour, the FAA \u200bwas at \u2064the home \u200dto investigate. On\u2064 the same \u2062day, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-pepper-sprays-man-stalking-him-at-restaurant\/\" title=\"Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Pepper Sprays Man Stalking Him At Restaurant\">men told<\/a> the outlet \u2062that two\u200d United Airlines\u2062 representatives retrieved the slide.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u200b <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe immediately\u200b contacted the FAA and \u2062are working with our team to better\u200b understand\u2064 the\u2062 circumstances\u2062 around\u200d this\u200d matter,\u201d a statement from \u2062United said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span\u2064 style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s \u2062still unclear\u200d how\u200d exactly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/close-call-california-man-saved-from-rock-crushing-his-car-by-answering-his-phone\/\" title=\"Close Call: California Man Saved From Rock Crushing His Car By Answering His Phone\">slide fell<\/a> \u2062from the \u200dplane,\u2062 but the FAA \u2062said it \u200cwould continue\u200c investigating the matter. DePaul University professor Joe\u2062 Schwieterman\u200b told \u2062WLS that \u200cthe incident will prompt \u200d\u201cmajor \u200dinvestigations.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200d <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: \u200b400\">\u201cThis was not\u200b a bird\u200d strike or\u200d something that\u2019s routine. It\u2019s\u200c a rare instance that could have caused \u200bfatalities on the ground or even affected\u2062 the stability of that \u200cairplane when \u200bit was landing,\u201d he\u200b said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p> \u2064<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However,\u2062 this\u200b is not the\u2062 first time \u200can incident like this has happened. In\u200b 2019, an emergency\u2063 slide\u2064 fell \u2064from \u200ba \u2062Delta Air Lines plane in the \u200cyard of a Boston home,\u200d injuring no one,\u2064 ABC\u2063 7\u200c reported. Three \u200cyears earlier, a similar incident \u200boccurred in Mesa, Arizona, \u2062in another case \u2062where \u200bno\u2063 injuries were reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Chicago household had a shocking surprise this week as a safety equipment piece from a commercial airliner unexpectedly landed in their backyard. The incident occurred on Monday when an emergency evacuation slide fell from a United Airlines flight arriving at Chicago O&#8217;Hare International Airport from Zurich, Switzerland. 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