United Airlines Flight 553
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United Airlines Flight 553 was a 1972 domestic passenger flight that crashed while approaching Chicago Midway Airport, killing several people including Dorothy Hunt, the wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, and later becoming the subject of political controversy and conspiracy theories.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aviation accident
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commercial passenger flight ⓘ |
| aircraftManufacturer | Boeing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aircraftModelSeries | 737-200 ⓘ |
| aircraftType | Boeing 737-222 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| airline | United Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| becameSubjectOf |
conspiracy theories
ⓘ
political controversy ⓘ |
| category |
Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 737
ⓘ
Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1972 ⓘ United Airlines accidents and incidents ⓘ |
| cause | pilot error ⓘ |
| causeDetail |
failure to maintain minimum descent altitude
ⓘ
premature descent below glide path ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| countryOfAccident | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crewFatalities | 4 ⓘ |
| crewOnBoard | 7 ⓘ |
| date | 1972-12-08 ⓘ |
| decade | 1970s ⓘ |
| destinationAirport | Chicago Midway Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destinationCity | Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| fatalities | 43 ⓘ |
| flightNumber | 553 ⓘ |
| flightType | domestic flight ⓘ |
| groundFatalities | 2 ⓘ |
| groundInjuries | 4 ⓘ |
| investigatingAgency | National Transportation Safety Board NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locationDetail | Chicago Midway Airport vicinity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePassenger |
Dorothy Hunt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dr. Ronald Houseman NERFINISHED ⓘ Michele Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| onboardFatalities | 43 ⓘ |
| operator | United Air Lines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originAirport | Washington National Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originCity | Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passengerFatalities | 39 ⓘ |
| passengersOnBoard | 54 ⓘ |
| peopleOnBoard | 61 ⓘ |
| phaseOfFlight | approach ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Watergate scandal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| route | Washington, D.C. to Chicago ⓘ |
| spouseOfNotablePassenger | E. Howard Hunt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivors | 18 ⓘ |
| tailNumber | N9031U NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfAccident | controlled flight into terrain ⓘ |
| year | 1972 ⓘ |
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