Fifty years ago today, on December 8, 1972, United Air Lines Flight 553 crashed after an aborted landing and go-around at Chicago Midway Airport, becoming the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 737-200.
United Air Lines Flight 553 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight between Washington National Airport (DCA) and Eppley Airfield (OMA) in Omaha, Nebraska, with a stop at Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW).
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