Southwest Airlines flight skids off runway at Chicago's Midway
{{date|December  8, 2005}}
[[Image:Southwest 737.jpg|219px|right|thumb|A Southwest 737 such as this skidded from the runway. From [http://www.swamedia.com SWA Media]]]
A Southwest Airlines [[w:Boeing 737|Boeing 737-700]] skidded off the runway at the [[w:Midway Airport|Chicago Midway Airport]] on Thursday evening.  The [[w:Southwest Airlines|Southwest Airlines]] flight 1248 was en route to Midway from [[w:Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport|Baltimore-Washington International Airport]]. The aircraft attempted the landing at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time under heavy snow, and skidded off the runway, crashing through a steel barrier surrounding the airport and on to a residential street.

There were 98 passengers on the flight, two of them were reportedly injured and taken to a local hospital and the rest were bussed to the airport terminal.

Reports indicate that two vehicles were damaged. One of the vehicles was still lodged under the aircraft when police and fire officials arrived on the scene. Taken to the Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oaklawn were two adults and three children who were extracted from one of the vehicles the aircraft hit. One of the children, a 6-year-old boy from Indiana named Joshua Woods, has died from injuries suffered from the crash. The conditions of the other victims are still unknown.

The accident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and a final report is expected in about a year.

==External links==
* [http://www.boeing.com Boeing Website]
* [http://www.ohare.com/midway/home.asp Chicago Midway International Airport Website]
* [http://www.southwest.com Southwest Airlines Website]

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-051208midway,0,5112610.story?coll=chi-newsbreaking-hed
|title=Airplane's nose gear breaks off in crash
|author=Jon Hilkevitch, David Heinzmann and Jeff Coen
|pub=Chicago Tribune
|date=December 8, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/08/chicago.airplane/index.html
|title=Boy killed after plane skids off runway
|author=
|pub=CNN.com
|date=December 8, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4512360.stm
|title= Boy dies as jet skids off runway
|author=
|pub=BBC News
|date=December 8, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://southwest.com/flt1248/flt1248_200512082345.html
|title=Southwest Airlines Press Release
|author=Southwest Airlines
|pub=Southwest Airlines
|date=December 8, 2005}}

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[[de:Chicago: Ein Todesopfer bei Bruchlandung einer Boeing]]
A Southwest 737 such as this skidded from the runway. From  SWA Media
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 skidded off the runway at the Chicago Midway Airport on Thursday evening.  The Southwest Airlines flight 1248 was en route to Midway from Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The aircraft attempted the landing at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time under heavy snow, and skidded off the runway, crashing through a steel barrier surrounding the airport and on to a residential street.

There were 98 passengers on the flight, two of them were reportedly injured and taken to a local hospital and the rest were bussed to the airport terminal.

Reports indicate that two vehicles were damaged. One of the vehicles was still lodged under the aircraft when police and fire officials arrived on the scene. Taken to the Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oaklawn were two adults and three children who were extracted from one of the vehicles the aircraft hit. One of the children, a 6-year-old boy from Indiana named Joshua Woods, has died from injuries suffered from the crash. The conditions of the other victims are still unknown.

The accident is under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and a final report is expected in about a year.

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