On December 8 , 1972 , United Airlines Flight 553 , a Boeing 737-200 , crashed into a residential area outside Midway during landing . The crash of the 737-200 killed 43 of the 61 on board , and two on the ground . One of the victims on the plane was Dorothy Hunt , the wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt . She was carrying $ 10,000 in cash . James McCord alleged that she supplied the Watergate defendants with money for legal expenses
United Airlines Flight 553
United Airlines Flight 553
Midway International Airport