News on Chicago O'Hare International Airport

Body scanner debuts at O'Hare

2010-03-15T11:30:21Z

<div id="subtitle">Full-body scanner debuts at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport</div><div><p>The first and only full body scanner at the nation's second largest airport is now open for business.</p><p>Aviation officials at O'Hare International Airport showed off the technology to reporters Monday before starting to send passengers through the machine.&...

Winter Weather

2010-02-10T12:01:01Z

An American Airlines passenger checks the departure board for flight delays and cancellations due to the major winter storm which forced over 500 cancellations at O'Hare Airport on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)

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Chances better checked bags will arrive with you

2010-02-23T07:58:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Odds are improving that holiday travelers and their bags will arrive together</div><div><p>With fewer flights and less luggage to deliver, airlines are doing a better job handling travelers' bags.</p><p>That recent good fortune has been put to the test during the holiday travel season, as planes have been packed with passengers and bags. There are some things you can do to reduce the risk of ge...

FBI: Man arrested in ESPN reporter nude video case

2010-02-24T23:27:35Z

<div id="subtitle">FBI arrests man accused of secretly videotaping nude ESPN reporter, posting the videos online</div><div><p>The FBI says they've arrested a Chicago-area man who is accused of taking surreptitious nude videos of ESPN reporter American Airlines is cutting 921 flight attendant jobs as it deals with an ongoing downturn in traffic and lower revenue.</p><p>The airline said Tuesday that the cuts will take effect Oct. 1 and reduce its flight-attenda...

Airport chapels offer haven to more faiths

2010-02-26T03:19:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Airport chapels open arms to growing cross-section of the faithful</div><div><p>Ordained a United Methodist minister, the Rev. Chester Cook has now become a jack of all faiths.</p><p>On a recent day, Cook welcomed a Christian-oriented Army chaplain, a Muslim family and a Buddhist ticket agent to his interfaith chapel at President Barack Obama waves after landing at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, Thursday, July 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

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OHare United Delays

2009-07-02T15:49:02Z

United baggage handlers check Rachel and David Lewis' luggage in by hand at the United Airlines terminal in Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Thursday, July 2, 2009, after a computer problem temporarily disrupted United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport on Thu...

United computer problems cleared up at O'Hare

2010-02-26T14:12:29Z

<div id="subtitle">United Airlines computers back up at Chicago's O'Hare airport, easing long lines of passengers</div><div><p>A computer problem temporarily disrupted United Airlines flights at O'Hare International Airport on Thursday, causing long delays and lines for travele...

A look at world's deadliest air disasters

2010-02-26T15:10:37Z

<div id="subtitle">A look at world's deadliest air disasters</div><div><p>A look at some of the world's deadliest air disasters:</p><p>June 30, 2009: Yemenia Airbus 310 enroute to the Comoros Islands crashes in the

O'Hare's $15B expansion left out of stimulus funds

2010-03-03T11:44:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Chicago's O'Hare gets stimulus cash, but can't use it for airport's $15B expansion</div><div><p>O'Hare International Airport can't use federal stimulus money for its ongoing $15 billion expansion because of the Obama administration's criteria, but instead will fina...

Winter Weather Airport Travel

2009-04-23T17:52:40Z

A passenger at an American Airlines ticket counter waits as her wrapped Christmas presents are boxed up to be checked as baggage at Chicago's O'Hare International airport Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Gr...

Winter weather slows travel in Midwest, Northeast

2010-03-01T09:43:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Illinois hit with first major snowstorm of the year; 50 flights canceled at Chicago's O'Hare</div><div><p>A storm system moving across the Great Lakes delivered Illinois' first snowstorm of the season Sunday and forced the cancellation of more than 50 flights at Chicago's ...

NTSB investigates near collision at O'Hare

2010-03-02T03:45:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Safety board investigates near airborne collision at Chicago's O'Hare airport</div><div><p>The National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday it is investigating a near collision of airborne planes at C...

3 injured when airplane hits maintenance truck

2010-02-28T00:14:06Z

<div id="subtitle">3 injured when small airplane hits maintenance truck at Chicago's O'Hare</div><div><p>Authorities say three people are injured after a small regional jet struck a maintenance truck on a runway at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.</p><p>No passengers were aboard the United Express jet, o...

British Airways flight diverted to Chicago O'Hare

2010-02-28T06:19:11Z

<div id="subtitle">British Airways flight from London to Houston makes emergency landing at Chicago O'Hare</div><div><p>Officials say a British Airways flight from ...

Airliner overruns O'Hare runway, no injuries

2010-02-28T10:15:06Z

<div id="subtitle">American Airlines plane blows tire, overruns O'Hare runway in emergency landing; no injuries</div><div><p>An American Airlines Boeing 757 blew a tire and ran off a runway Monday during an emergency landing at O'Hare Airport's newest runway Sunday, but they weren't boarding a flight. They were running a 5K.</p><p>But try telling them that.</p>&...