{"id":2321912,"date":"2024-08-09T12:05:58","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-dies-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-in-tragic-baggage-machine-incident\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T12:07:43","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:07:43","slug":"woman-dies-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-in-tragic-baggage-machine-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-dies-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-in-tragic-baggage-machine-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Dies at Chicago&#8217;s O&#8217;Hare Airport in Tragic Baggage Machine Incident"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwoman-dies-at-chicagos-ohare-airport-in-tragic-baggage-machine-incident%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=2321912&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--><p>A 57-year-old unidentified woman was found dead at Chicago&#8217;s O&#8217;Hare International \u2064Airport after becoming caught in baggage processing machinery in Terminal \u20635. The incident occurred around 7:45 a.m. after reports of a person pinned in the machinery \u2062came through. The Chicago\u2062 Fire Department pronounced her dead at the\u200c scene. Police confirmed that she entered an employee-only area of the airport shortly before 2:30 a.m., but the reason for her presence there remains unclear.\u2062 Notably, the area was not considered high-security, although access is restricted to staff. Surveillance footage revealed her entering \u2064the baggage area at 2:27 a.m., \u200cand police noted that no one was monitoring the \u2062video at \u200dthat time. The incident is still under investigation, and federal\u2062 safety regulators are not involved since the woman was not an \u2064airport employee. Delta Airlines, which operates in the terminal, is cooperating with the authorities as part of the ongoing\u200c inquiry.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An unidentified woman was found dead Thursday at Chicago&rsquo;s O&rsquo;Hare International Airport when police discovered her tangled in baggage processing machinery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chicago Fire Department responded at about &nbsp;7:45 a.m. after a woman was reported to be &ldquo;pinned in machinery&rdquo; in the Terminal 5 baggage area, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/woman-dies-ohare-airport-baggage-area-terminal-5-chicago-fire-department-says\/15159592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WLS-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman was<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fire-jfk-airport-causes-chaotic-scene-terminal-tarmac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> tangled up<\/a> in a conveyor belt system that moves baggage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She was pinned in machinery,&rdquo; Larry Merritt, a representative of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-massive-explosion-in-downtown-nashville-on-christmas-morning-possible-car-bomb-video\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Massive Explosion in Downtown Nashville on Christmas Morning, Possible Car Bomb (VIDEO)\">fire department<\/a> said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/chicago\/2024\/08\/08\/woman-fatally-crushed-machinery-ohare-international-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-2-children-dead-after-minn-shooting\/\" title=\"Woman, 2 children dead after Minn. shooting\">pronounced dead<\/a> at the scene. Police have not released her identity, but said she was 57 years old, according to WLS. The investigation into her death is continuing.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago police said the woman entered the employees-only area shortly before 2:30 a.m. Police do not know why she entered the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area where the woman was found is not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-probably-a-mistake-putting-christopher-wray-in-charge-of-fbi\/\" title=\"Trump admits mistake appointing Christopher Wray as FBI head.\">high-security area<\/a> at the airport, even though it is restricted to employees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-protect-luggage-traveling-holiday-season-baggage-handlers-slam-bags-onto-conveyer-belt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baggage<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-announces-strict-quarantine-rules-for-travelers\/\" title=\"Canada announces strict quarantine rules for travelers\">international flights<\/a> is processed in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;You wonder how that would all happen&mdash;how does someone go in and just wind up dead in a matter of five hours? What happened back there?&rdquo; someone identified as &ldquo;Timmy,&rdquo; who was at the airport to pick up someone, said, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/woman-dies-ohare-airport-after-being-pinned-machinery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFLD-TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-v-3808eee7>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very shocked that in such a secure place that someone can die so tragically,&rdquo; Phil, who works at the airport, said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surveillance video documented that the woman entered the baggage area at 2:27 a.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police representative Nathaniel Blackman said that no one was monitoring the video feed at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The footage was first seen after the woman&rsquo;s body was found, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/woman-dead-baggage-machinery-chicago-ohare-368bb56d17ab067c4df8e8f11ed97419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it is not investigating the incident because the woman is not an airport employee, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/woman-found-dead-in-baggage-area-at-chicagos-ohare-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The terminal where the woman was found services <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hero-delta-gate-agent-refuses-put-transgenders-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delta<\/a> and international airlines, according to the Sun-Times.<\/p>\n<p>Delta representative Drake X. 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The Chicago Fire Department arrived around 7:45 a.m. following reports of a woman being &#8220;pinned in machinery&#8221; within the Terminal 5 baggage area, as reported by WLS-TV. She had become caught in a conveyor belt system used for transporting luggage. Larry Merritt, a fire department spokesperson, confirmed that she was trapped in the machinery and was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have not disclosed her identity but indicated she was 57 years old, according to WLS. An investigation into her death is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Chicago police noted that the woman entered an employees-only section shortly before 2:30 a.m., although they are unsure of her reasons for doing so. The location where she was found is not considered high-security, despite being restricted to staff members; it is where baggage for international flights is processed. A witness named Timmy expressed concern about how someone could enter and end up dead within just five hours, questioning what transpired there. Phil, an airport employee, voiced his shock over such a tragic incident occurring in what is perceived as a secure environment.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance footage showed that the woman entered the baggage area at 2:27 a.m., but police representative Nathaniel Blackman stated that no one was monitoring the video feed during that time; this footage was reviewed only after her body was discovered, according to The Associated Press. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has stated it will not investigate since the woman wasn&#8217;t an airport employee, as reported by CBS.<\/p>\n<p>The terminal where she died serves Delta and various international airlines; Delta representative Drake X. Casta\u00f1eda mentioned that they are &#8220;fully cooperating with law enforcement and airport officials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2321913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/o-hare-baggage.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37681,37679,37682,37678,37680],"class_list":["post-2321912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-airportsafety","tag-baggageincident","tag-chicagonews","tag-ohareairport","tag-tragicaccident"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/o-hare-baggage.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}