Plane’s emergency slide plummets from sky, hits Chicago home
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an incident after a Chicago resident found an emergency escape slide in his backyard. It wasn't a bird or a plane hurtling from the sky, although it did fall from the latter. The Federal Aviation Administration said they are investigating after a Chicago resident found an aircraft emergency escape slide in his backyard just after noon on Monday. The i NFL atable slide , which is believed to have fallen from a United Airlines flight from Zurich, Switzerland, fell onto the roof of a northwest Chicago home, which suffered minor damage from the impact. An emergency slide fell from a plane and landed outside of a home near O'Hare Airport in Chicago, July 17, 2023. Laura Devitt "My father-in-law and my son are having lunch in the kitchen, and they hear a loud boom on the side of the wall," homeowner Patrick Devitt told ABC affiliate WLS. Surveillance footage from a nearby home showed the large slide plummeting from the...