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 Airlines Flight 553 , which crashed twelve days earlier on approach to Midway Airport
United Airlines Flight 553
United Airlines Flight 553
1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision