5.25.21 – Remembering AA Flight 191

Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Remembering AA Flight 191

May 25, 2021 marks the 42nd anniversary of the crash of American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10 flight scheduled from Chicago/O’Hare to Los Angeles. Ten Flight Attendants and three Pilots perished, along with all 258 passengers on board and two people on the ground.

Today, we pause to remember the Flight Attendants, Pilots, passengers, and bystanders on the ground who left us 42 years ago.

Flight 191 Memorial, Lake Park, Des Plaines, IL