{"id":67332,"date":"2026-08-18T21:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/67332\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T21:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:26:26","slug":"two-jets-from-different-airlines-suffer-same-failure-in-matter-of-hours-at-chicago-ohare-prompting-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/67332\/","title":{"rendered":"Two jets from different airlines suffer same failure in matter of hours at Chicago O\u2019Hare, prompting investigation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iOIawn\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p>Two commercial jets from separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/airlines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">airlines<\/a> blew tires while landing at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/bulletin\/news\/american-airlines-flight-number-2482-b3033572.html\">Chicago<\/a> O\u2019Hare Monday, prompting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/news-and-advice\/boeing-plane-cracks-faa-investigation-b3029332.html\" title=\"FAA orders inspections of nearly 500 Boeing jets for possible cracks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The first incident involved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/bulletin\/news\/american-airlines-seatback-entertainment-screens-b3035065.html\" title=\"US airline is reintroducing seatback screens in big reversal after 10 years\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American<\/a> Airlines Flight 386, which was traveling from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/flight-attendants-new-york-earth-nelson-australian-b3035060.html\" title=\"Flight attendants and pilots have highest risk of dying from radiation-linked cancers, study says\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York\u2019s<\/a> LaGuardia Airport to Chicago. The Boeing 737-800 landed safely at O\u2019Hare at about 2 p.m. despite two tires bursting during landing, according to the FAA, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/emergency-response-tarmac-ohare-airport-fire-trucks-police-cars-seen-around-american-airlines-plane-live\/19693730\/\">ABC7 Chicago reports. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPer procedure, first\u2004responders met the aircraft\u2004out\u2004of\u2004an\u2004abundance of caution and customers were transported safely to\u2004the terminal by\u2004bus. The aircraft has been taken out\u2004of service to be inspected by our maintenance team,\u201d an American spokesperson told The Independent in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe thank \u200bour team members for \u200btheir \u200bprofessionalism and we apologize to our customers for their\u2004experience,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Several hours later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/bulletin\/news\/delta-united-southwest-robots-ban-b3024285.html\" title=\"Major US airlines join Southwest in banning humanoid robots\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United Airlines<\/a> Flight 739, which had flown to Chicago from Omaha, Nebraska, had a tire issue on its Airbus A320.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2245006408...jpeg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"The FAA is investigating incidents that involved an American Airlines plane and then United jet at Chicago O\u2019Hare\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>The FAA is investigating incidents that involved an American Airlines plane and then United jet at Chicago O\u2019Hare (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/passengers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Passengers<\/a> were evacuated from the United jet using stairs, according to ABC7 Chicago. <\/p>\n<p>The FAA is investigating both incidents, though authorities have not indicated that the tire failures were connected. The Independent has contacted Chicago O&#8217;Hare, United and the FAA for comment. <\/p>\n<p>The incidents come after separate tire-related problems involving aircraft at Chicago airports earlier this month. Just days before Monday\u2019s incidents, a United flight bound for Phoenix, Arizona, aborted its takeoff at O\u2019Hare after a tire blew out. The aircraft came to a safe stop, and passengers were removed from the plane.<\/p>\n<p>On August 3 at Chicago Midway International Airport, a Southwest Airlines aircraft also experienced tire trouble. Flight 1243 from Fort Myers lost pressure in both nose gear tires while landing. Southwest mechanics replaced the tires and towed the plane to the gate.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported in any of the incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67333,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[2722,498,8,10863,9,67,7],"class_list":["post-67332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-aviation","tag-government","tag-headlines","tag-horizontal","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-top-stories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/117118630887119153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}