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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ETC.

No. 391.

476 F.Supp. 445 (1979)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ON MAY 25, 1979.

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

August 13, 1979.

OPINION AND ORDER

STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judge of the Panel.

I. BACKGROUND

On May 25, 1979, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 jet aircraft being operated by American Airlines (American) crashed shortly after take-off from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. The 258 passengers and thirteen crew members aboard the DC-10,1 and two persons on the ground, died in the...

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