Date: May 25, 1979
Location: Chicago O'Hare, Illinois
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10
Reg: N110AA
Airline: American Airlines
Flight No: 191
Fatalities: 271 : 271 +2

These pictures was taken by an amateur photographer seconds before an American Airlines DC-10 crashed at Chicago O'Hare Airport, after losing an engine during takeoff. Improper maintenance procedures was to blame.