Articles filed under Midway International Airport
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Freezing rain warning; storm out east snarls flightsJan 26, 2015 12:00 am - If you're hoping to fly to the East Coast in the next day or two, good luck. A powerful blizzard has begun to hit a 250-mile swath of the East Coast, and the storm will ...
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Report: Naperville man tries to board flight with loaded gunJan 15, 2015 12:00 am - A Naperville man faces one felony count of attempting to board an aircraft with a weapon, after he brought a loaded gun to Midway Airport Tuesday afternoon, the Chicago ...
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Picture-perfect Thanksgiving reunions ... and tips for travel trialsNov 25, 2014 12:01 am - You could see Thanksgiving in Miriam Harpaz's eyes as she watched granddaughter Natalie caper around the baggage carousel at O'Hare International Airport Tuesday. The 3-...
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Pilot dies after crashing into Chicago houseNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - A small twin-engine cargo plane crashed into a home on Chicago's southwest side Tuesday, killing the pilot but sparing a couple who were asleep just inches away. The Aer...
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Elgin man nothing like his role in old airline photoOct 23, 2014 5:00 am - As United Airlines' staff assistant to the station manager, Harold "Dick" Pottker remembers working that day in 1967 when a company photographer ducked into the supervis...
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FAA Aurora air traffic center fully operationalOct 13, 2014 1:01 am - The Aurora air traffic center reopened early Monday, more than two weeks after damage from a deliberately set fire forced the cancellation of thousands of flights and di...
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Residents say pilot's actions spared lives on the groundOct 13, 2014 1:00 am - People living in South suburban Palos Hills looked at scattered pieces of a small plane and wondered Monday if the last act of the pilot before his death was to spare re...
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Chicago aldermen want Ebola screening at airportsOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - Two Chicago aldermen want international passengers arriving at the city's two airports screened for the Ebola virus and other infectious diseases. Aldermen Edward Burke ...
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Weather forces flight cancellations in ChicagoOct 02, 2014 1:01 am - Weather is causing delays and hundreds of cancellations at Chicago's international airports almost a week after sabotage at a suburban air traffic control center disrupt...
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Editorial: FAA needs security, backup plans fixedSep 30, 2014 11:00 pm - Let the Monday morning quarterbacking commence. Illinois Sens. Dick Durbin and Mark Kirk and other members of the Illinois congressional delegation have called for inve...