Exactly 33 years later , on December 8 , 2005 , Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 , a Boeing 737-700 inbound from Baltimore – Washington International Airport in Baltimore , Maryland , slid off the runway while attempting to land at the airport in a heavy snow storm . The airplane broke through the barrier fence of the airport , and came to rest at the intersection of 55th Street and Central Avenue bordering the airport at its northwest corner . A 6-year-old boy was killed as a passenger in a vehicle that was struck by the plane after it skidded into the street
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248
Midway International Airport