[1]:18, The NTSB determined that the damage to the left-wing engine pylon had occurred during an earlier engine change at the American Airlines aircraft maintenance facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, between March 29 and 30, 1979. I learned of the plane crash on my car radio, on my way home that Friday evening. Hundreds of competitors and customers stopped by to sit and schmooze and laugh with Jack. The 40-year-old owner of Jocundry’s Books was formerly an English instructor at Michigan State University. We were in the process of planning mom’s 50th birthday. In February 2014, Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated the final DC-10 passenger flights. The wonder years were magical, right up until they weren’t. Narda Vetor poses with her three children in an undated photo. She was based in San Diego. After their week in New York, dad put Papa on a flight back to Los Angeles and dad went to Chicago for a meeting his partner asked him to take for their new business venture, One Stop Posters. She was among the 30 victims whose bodies were never identified. He was survived by five children. “He was the second youngest of nine children from a little town in West Virginia called Zeising, now it’s named Spelter. He was very close to his uncle and aunt (auntie’s name was Elena but no one called her anything but Lil). After returning from Vietnam, he continued to work for Exxon. The findings of the investigation by the NTSB were released on December 21, 1979: The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the asymmetrical stall and the ensuing roll of the aircraft because of the uncommanded retraction of the left wing outboard leading edge slats and the loss of stall warning and slat disagreement indication systems resulting from maintenance-induced damage leading to the separation of the No. When I was younger, mother began taking courses at a local college, working full time and attending school part time for many years. (Photo submitted by the Illinois Association of Park Districts), Sherry Atkinson attends a company picnic for Abbott Diagnostics in the summer of 1978. The 36-year-old director of personnel for sales and marketing for the Gallo winery in California was praised for being one of the company’s “most promising young executives” by Joseph E. Gallo, son of winery co-founder Ernest Gallo. Stick shakers for both pilots became mandatory in response to this accident. We, his family, later joined him in 1969 after the vestiges of the Chinese Exclusion Act had been finally removed. News coverage video of the American Airlines Flight 191 DC10 crash at O'Hara Intern. [1]:68 On those dates, the aircraft had undergone routine service, during which the engine and pylon had been removed from the wing for inspection and maintenance. The number-one hydraulic system, powered by the number-one engine, also failed, but continued to operate through motor pumps that mechanically connected it to hydraulic system three. He was among the 30 victims whose bodies were never identified. That Memorial Day weekend my mom and I were camping with her family in northern California and my sister was going to Catalina Island with her Girl Scout troop. He was among the 30 victims whose bodies were never identified. We have two daughters who attend high school and college at this time.”, “Peter Moon was an employee at Abbott Diagnostic Division in South Pasadena, Calif. He lost two of three brothers who served and died in World War II. The professor of surgery at the University of Wisconsin Medical School had also been a volunteer aboard the hospital ship SS Hope. It’s changed our family dynamics. American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 crashed on May 25, 1979, moments after takeoff from Chicago. My father joined the U.S. Navy and became a pilot where he served in Hawaii. He had called the house to let us know he was taking an earlier flight home. ), Mario, left, and Elena 'Lil' Crucioli died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. The Western crash, however, was due to low visibility and an attempt to land on a closed runway,[26][27][28] through, reportedly, confusion of its crew. The method chosen by American and Continental relied on supporting the engine/pylon assembly with a large forklift. I had moved to Knoxville, Tenn., the previous August to attend graduate school at the University of Tennessee. [5][6][7], The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 registered as N110AA. While working at Cleveland Clinic she also volunteered her time at Cleveland Free Clinic. I married my college sweetheart, Kari, in 1993. He was on his way home to surprise his family. The 37-year-old Minnesota native was a traveling salesman for McGuinness & Associates, a small wholesaler of annuities, who had been on the road through Texas and Illinois for the week leading up to his boarding Flight 191. They worked very hard and spent a lot of time with family. There were no loose ends.” He was among the 30 victims whose bodies were never identified. Frederick G. Eaton died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. Just two weeks shy of his 29th birthday, the American Airlines flight attendant left a just-typed letter on the desk in his room asking the airline to consider letting him work as a recruiter of flight attendants, spending his spare time convincing other young men and women to sign up for the job he liked so much. Of 164 aboard, four survived. [14], Witnesses to the crash were in universal agreement that the aircraft had not struck any foreign objects on the runway. [9], During the investigation, an examination on the pylon attachment points revealed some damage done to the wing's pylon mounting bracket that matched the bent shape of the pylon's rear attachment fitting. As published in the June 3, 1979 edition of the Los Angeles Times. They had shared visitation and burial services. Although the memories were innocent and simple, they mean the world to you when you’re 3. (Handout) scanned from print. Both Peter and Sherry Atkinson attended an Abbott Laboratories that week and were released early. The impact on the public was increased by the dramatic effect of an amateur photo taken of the aircraft rolling that was published on the front page of the Chicago Tribune on the Sunday two days after the crash. [1]:53 In response to the accident, slat relief valves were mandated to prevent slat retraction in case of hydraulic line damage. All 258 passengers and 13 crew on board were killed, along with two people on the ground. Born in Belgium, Leunens had served as a priest for many parishes and was a chaplain for many organizations since the 1940s. We all knew she had waited patiently for 39 years to join Jesus and Dad in heaven. The 15-year employee of TRW Electronic and Engineering Corp. in Los Angeles was returning to Southern California-based TRW System’s Communications Systems and Services headquarters with co-workers Sheila Charisse and Richard Watson. My parents loved Hawaii after being stationed there twice. She loved books and the bookstore business. Spina, who grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., was an aerospace engineer for Rockwell International in Long Beach. She was traveling to California to see her husband, who had just taken a job there. The number-one electrical bus, whose generator was attached to the number-one engine, failed as well, causing several electrical systems to go offline, most notably the captain's instruments, his stick shaker, and the slat disagreement sensors. She had married my Uncle Paul and moved up to Naperville and had their two lovely girls there. FILE - In this May 26, 1979 file photo, investigators view the wreckage of the ill-fated American Airlines Flight 191 to Los Angeles, which crashed on take off from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. He was scheduled to return to England to work in the company’s London sales office. He was survived by his wife and three children. When the attachment finally failed, the engine and its pylon broke away from the wing. But we have always believed that Dale has been an angel watching over us and, one day, we will all be together again!”. The 42-year-old truck driver had only been working at the Courtney-Velo Excavating Co. in Des Plaines, just north of O’Hare airport, for about a month at the time of the crash. The 48-year-old engineering manager for Pacific Telephone had been attending classes in Lisle with six other Pacific employees. At the time of his death he was employed as the French correspondent of the National Bank of France in San Francisco. The 44-year-old International House of Pancakes franchisee was the 229th victim to be identified by medical investigators. He was just 22 years old and robbed of a full life that lay before him and our family was never the same.”. It doesn’t get any better with time. (Photo submitted by his son, Steven Ernest). It was a very tragic loss of life. She was among the 30 victims whose bodies were never identified. He was raised in Syracuse, N.Y., by Ray and Lois Clark along with his brother, Phil. [1]:2 Large sections of aircraft debris were hurled by the force of the impact into an adjacent trailer park, destroying five trailers and several cars. The three friends were scheduled to fly on United Airlines, but some of its employees were on strike so they were switched to this American Airlines flight. These victims’ names became known by a process of elimination and were buried side by side at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The 40-year-old audit manager for the Times Mirror Co., then publisher of the Los Angeles Times, was returning home to Los Angeles from a business trip to New York. He had just purchased a vacation home and was coaching a soccer team for children. He was a financial and business consultant. I told her about my mother. These victims’ names became known by a process of elimination and were buried side by side at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He was traveling from Illinois to California to interview with Hughes Aircraft Co. We attended services regularly, but trips home from church always included a stop at the sweets’ shop. The devastation of the accident affected my family way beyond 1979. Gemme died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. And just like that, they vanished from my life forever.”. I worked with Peter, he was our product engineer who helped transfer products from research to manufacturing. She died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. Stromme and her book wholesaler Baker & Taylor Co. colleagues Gerald Campbell and Martha Vickery, all of Momence, were heading to the American Booksellers Association convention in Los Angeles. He received his flight training in the U.S. Air Force. Margie became an aunt for the first time in August 1978 and couldn’t get to Virginia, where we lived, quickly enough. (Photo submitted by son, Jon Stone), Nancy T. Sullivan, 27, flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. (Photo submitted by his great niece, Robin Rogowski), Zaida Schade, second from right, in an undated photo with her husband, Paul, and daughters, Zaida Louisa and Marjorie. I remember my grandfather and I waking up in the morning and singing, ‘Pop Goes the Weasel’ while waiting for the toast to pop up out of the new toaster. She finally completed her bachelor’s degree in 1974 — the very day I graduated college. Needless to say, over my 40 years of aviation, the results of May 25, 1979, have always been close to my thoughts. United Airlines' implementation involved the use of an overhead crane to support the engine/pylon assembly during removal and installation. (As published in the June 6, 1976 edition of the Honolulu Star-Bulletin), Stephen Wood Clark, in an undated photo. [19], The investigation also revealed other DC-10s with damage caused by the same faulty maintenance procedure. We had 10 sweet years together ... it wasn’t enough. [1]:47 This was done while the FAA investigated whether the airplane's engine mounting and pylon design met relevant requirements. Valladares died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. [1]:57, In addition to the engine's failure, several related systems failed. The only crash-related audio collected by the recorder is a thumping noise (likely the sound of the engine separating), followed by the first officer exclaiming "Damn! Forklift operators were guided only by hand and voice signals, as they could not directly see the junction between pylon and wing. [18] The DC-10 had been involved in two accidents related to the design of its cargo doors, American Airlines Flight 96 (1972) and Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (1974). Any reason to get family and friends together. Those lost in the crash of AA191 from Chicago to Los Angeles. (Photo submitted by her niece, Ivelisse Rios-Lopez), Michael W. Schassburger, a San Diego based flight attendant for American Airlines, was on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. American Airlines confirmed what we all knew about 2 a.m. on May 26, 1979.”. She was a real estate broker, chairman of the California Association of Realtors’ Investment Division and a lecturer on investments. [1]:18 The field service representative from McDonnell-Douglas stated the company would "not encourage this procedure due to the element of risk" and had so advised American Airlines. She obtained a job at the New York Times and then worked in various book publishing companies. He was a wonderful dad. A review of the aircraft's flight logs and maintenance records showed that no mechanical discrepancies were noted for May 11, 1979. He took us to important history sites like Washington DC monuments, to iconic natural sites, like New Hampshire’s White Mountain, and to fun places, like Disney World. Funding was obtained for a memorial in 2009, through a two-year effort by the sixth-grade class of Decatur Classical School in Chicago. The structure surrounding the forward pylon mount also failed from the resulting stresses. I remember coming from, or being picked up from, daycare and walking into my house. What I didn’t realize until the (memorial’s) dedication was there were families there who lost up to five family members at once. He didn’t like it when we would argue and he strictly enforced the Chicago no ketchup on hot dogs policy. (Chicago Tribune archives), Sally Jo Titterington, 33, flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. James T. DeHart, flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. He is someone I very much wished I had known in my life. A wife and two sons survived him. The newly married couple had visited Vincennes, Ind., where Dr. Kuykendall had concluded contract negotiations to become the fourth radiologist at Good Samaritan Hospital there, and was returning to California to make arrangements to move to Indiana in July 1979. “My husband, Dale Allan Witthoft, was one of the people who died on American Airlines Flight 191. The photographs were reduced to black-and-white, which made distinguishing the slats from the wing itself possible, thus proving that they were retracted. He was traveling back to Southern California after a business meeting in Benton Harbor, Mich. A little more about them, they were 54 years old and were the owners of Marlena Sportswear, Mar & Lena. [1]:53,57 The NTSB determined that the engine tore through hydraulic lines as it separated from the DC-10's wing, causing a loss of hydraulic pressure; airflow over the wings forced the left wing slats to retract, which caused a stall over the left wing. Back then, there was no real system for standby. Kathleen “Kathy” Adduci 18 Apr 1956 – 25 May 1979. He was survived by four children: Mike, 20, a sophomore at the University of California at Riverside; Becky, 18, three weeks from graduating high school; Patty, 16, a junior; and Jim, 15, a sophomore. He was the middle child, I was the oldest and our sister, Elise, was the youngest. Education had been our father’s pathway out of poverty in his home country of Taiwan and he inculcated in his children the value of working hard and doing well in school. She was returning from a training session at Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago with a co-employee Peter Moon who we also miss dearly.”. Compounding the problem, maintenance work on N110AA did not go smoothly. The 15-year-old Terre Haute, Ind., resident was traveling to see his father in Palm Desert, Calif. Narda was a daughter, wife, mother, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, niece, cousin and friend. [9], What was said in the cockpit in the 50 seconds leading up to the final impact is not known, as the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) lost power when the engine detached. “My mother, Elaine E. Howell, was manager of a successful bookstore in Charleston, W.Va. Like many others on the flight, she was en route to the American Booksellers Association annual meeting in Los Angeles. On the afternoon of Friday, May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R when its left engine detached, causing loss of control, and it crashed less than a mile (1.6 km) from the end of the runway. Robison and two colleagues were traveling to the American Booksellers Association convention in Los Angeles. Also, no pieces of the wing or other aircraft components were found along with the separated engine, other than its supporting pylon, leading investigators to conclude that nothing else had broken free from the airframe and struck the engine. I remember my last memory saying goodbye from the metal mesh gate as they boarded the small plane. He was an aeronautical engineer for Ford Aerospace in Newport Beach, Calif. “My father was born in the Bronx, N.Y. on May 29, 1928. The memories will always be so clear inside by head. Her assignment finished early and she was anxious to return to San Jose. When the plane crashed there was confusion as to his identity and his name was listed in the public record incorrectly for years. American Airlines Flight 191 friends and family has 426 members. The 16-year-old son of Marine Corps Maj. Steven Driscoll, who was then stationed at Kaneohe air station, was returning home for summer vacation from high school in Iowa. “I’ll never forget the day when the first news report came on TV reporting the crash in Chicago. “Sherry was not only a great employee at Abbott Diagnostic Division Reagent Product Line in South Pasadena, Calif., but a positive and wonderful lady. She was loved by everyone she met and could warm your heart with her beautiful smile. American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles International Airport. I found the DC-10 to be a great jet to fly and thoroughly enjoyed my time. (Photo submitted by her former boss, Richard Ring), Jeanette Bean died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. All 258 passengers and 13 crew on board were killed, along with two people on the ground. She operated the Open Door bookstore in Schenectady, N.Y. She was originally from Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Darlene DiPietro of Park Ridge was killed in American Airlines flight 191 crash on May 25, 1979. The Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, native was also an Air Force veteran. On the way back to Australia, Dale had to change planes in Chicago and, unfortunately, they asked for volunteers to change to Flight 191 and Dale volunteered. He’s survived by his four older brothers — all former Marines — Earl, Lawrence, Charles and John and his two sisters, Martha and Susan. I was 10 years old and my sister was just 14 in 1979. (Photo submitted by her sister, Carolyn McCorkle Conklin), Michael M. Mlsna III died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. We had no clue where she was when she didn’t arrive in Honolulu. On May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 crashed moments after takeoff from Chicago. She had attended a workshop in New York and was traveling home to Southern California. He left behind a wife and four children. He had written a book on these subjects titled, “Stalking the Wild Pendulum: The Mechanics of Consciousness.” He was survived by his wife and a daughter. He was 45 years old and married for 20 years to our mother, Ellie He. She started working for Playboy magazine, which was just beginning to expand into the international market. Kinda pissed me off about the opponents but he taught us about sportsmanship, compassion and live by the golden rule. Despite losing an engine, all flight controls, crash landing in a huge fireball (which was caught on video by a local news crew), and killing 112 people, 184 people survived the accident. After several years in sales, the opportunity to open a new sales territory in Los Angeles presented itself, which he saw as a way to relocate and cut back on his travel time. If you have any information you’d like to add to this memorial, please email krumore@chicagotribune.com. I’m taking everyone to Monty’s for dinner. (Photo submitted by her great niece, Emilee Crenshaw). [citation needed]. Pictured at left is American Airlines Flight 191 banked completely sideways moments before it crashed in May of 1979. I was only a baby when he was lost so I can’t provide a lot of stories but I also want to keep his memory alive. He was based in San Diego. All 258 passengers and 13 crew members aboard American Airlines Flight 191 died when the DC-10 plane crashed on May 25, 1979, according to a National Transportation Safety Board accident report. “On the day of the crash I was attending class at Western Michigan University where I was enrolled in the flight technology program and flying to attain my private pilot’s license. He had been serving as an embassy guard for the United States and was returning home from the Congo. She always put other people’s needs before her own. She and her 4-year-old son were traveling to California to go house hunting with her husband, who had been transferred there by his employer, Xerox. She was based in Los Angeles. [citation needed] With the left wing stalled, the aircraft began banking to the left, rolling over onto its side until it was partially inverted at a 112° bank angle (as seen in the Laughlin photograph) with its right wing over its left wing. A bedtime story with a tragic ending.”. The 50-year-old New York native had two daughters. These victims’ names became known by a process of elimination and were buried side by side at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. From Kim Borchers Jockl, Melody Borchers Smith and Jim Borchers, children: “Our parents boarded American Airlines Flight 191 headed to Hawaii for a much overdue honeymoon. These victims’ names became known by a process of elimination and were buried side by side at Green Hills Memorial Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., overlooking the Pacific Ocean. He died on American Airlines Flight 191, which crashed just after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport on May 25, 1979. 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