Southwest Airlines Flight 1248
The aircraft after overrunning the runway at Chicago Midway International Airport | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | December 8, 2005 |
| Summary | Runway overrun in snowstorm due to pilot error |
| Site |
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| Total fatalities | 1 |
| Total injuries | 16 |
| Aircraft | |
| N471WN, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in July 2005 | |
| Aircraft type | Boeing 737-7H4 |
| Operator | Southwest Airlines |
| IATA flight No. | WN1248 |
| ICAO flight No. | SWA1248 |
| Call sign | SOUTHWEST 1248 |
| Registration | N471WN |
| Flight origin | Baltimore/Washington Int'l Thurgood Marshall Airport Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| 1st stopover | Chicago Midway International Airport Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Last stopover | Salt Lake City International Airport Salt Lake City, Utah, United States |
| Destination | McCarran International Airport Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Occupants | 103 |
| Passengers | 98 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 7 |
| Survivors | 103 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 1 |
| Ground injuries | 9 |
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 was a scheduled passenger flight from Baltimore, Maryland, to Chicago, Illinois, continuing on to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then to Las Vegas, Nevada. On December 8, 2005, the Boeing 737-7H4 operating the flight slid off a runway at Midway Airport in Chicago while landing in a snowstorm and crashed into automobile traffic, killing a six-year-old boy.
The aircraft involved was repaired and returned to service, and remains with Southwest to the present day as N286WN.