1979 – American Airlines Flight 191
American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled passenger
flight from O'Hare
International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles
International Airport. On May 25, 1979,
theMcDonnell
Douglas DC-10-10 operating the flight crashed moments after takeoff
from Chicago. All 258 passengers and 13 crew on board were killed, along with
two people on the ground. Until the September 11 attacks, it was the deadliest air disaster in the history
of the United States. It remains the deadliest aviation accident to occur on
U.S. soil, as well as the second deadliest
involving a DC-10, after Turkish
Airlines Flight 981. It was also the
third worst aviation disaster in history at the time, and is currently the
tenth worst.
Tarik Glenn (born May 25, 1976) is a former American football offensive tackle who played for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). Glenn performed as two-way lineman at Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, California.
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