McFadden & Whitehead
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McFadden and Whitehead were an American R&B duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now". They wrote and produced some of the most popular R&B hits of the 1970s, and were primar
Gene McFadden (left) and John Whitehead (right)
American Airlines Flight 191
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American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport. On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, th
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…interview at the last moment and decided to reschedule their flight to Los Angeles for the next day, May 26. They were originally scheduled to fly on American Airlines Flight 191 on May 25, which crashed shortly after takeoff from O'Hare International Airport, killing all 258 passengers plus the crew. On May 11, 2004, Whitehead…
The aircraft after takeoff, missing its left engine, in an unrecoverable bank, leaking fuel and hydraulic fluid
Fireball following the impact of Flight 191
The engine that separated from the aircraft on the runway
Grounded DC-10s of Swissair at Zurich Airport, 1979