1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision
The remains of the Delta Air Lines Convair 880 involved in the collision, stripped of parts and awaiting scrapping, photographed at O'Hare International Airport on January 31, 1974. . | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 20, 1972 |
| Summary | Runway incursion caused by pilot error and ATC error due to failures in communication |
| Site | |
| Total fatalities | 10 |
| Total injuries | 17 |
| Total survivors | 128 |
| First aircraft | |
| A North Central Airlines DC-9, similar to the aircraft involved | |
| Type | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 |
| Operator | North Central Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | NC575 |
| ICAO flight No. | NC575 |
| Call sign | NORTH CENTRAL 575 |
| Registration | N954N |
| Flight origin | O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Stopover | Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Destination | Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Occupants | 45 |
| Passengers | 41 |
| Crew | 4 |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Injuries | 15 |
| Survivors | 35 |
| Second aircraft | |
| The aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1971 | |
| Type | Convair CV-880 |
| Operator | Delta Air Lines |
| IATA flight No. | DL954 |
| ICAO flight No. | DAL954 |
| Call sign | DELTA 954 |
| Registration | N8807E |
| Flight origin | Tampa, Florida, U.S. |
| Destination | O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupants | 93 |
| Passengers | 86 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 2 |
| Survivors | 93 |
On December 20, 1972, North Central Airlines Flight 575 and Delta Air Lines Flight 954 collided on a runway at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Ten people died – all on the North Central aircraft – and 17 were injured in the accident. This was the second major airliner accident to happen in Chicago in December 1972; the other was United Air Lines Flight 553, which crashed 12 days earlier on approach to Midway Airport.