Departure time was 12:50 CST. Chicago ARTCC cleared the crew to descend to 4000 feet and the flight was given vectors for a Midway Airport runway 31L localizer course. At 14:19 the flight was transferred to Chicago Approach Control which later requested UA553 to slow down to 180 knots and later down to 160 knots.

United Air Lines Flight 553 was a scheduled service from Washington National Airport to Omaha, Nebraska, via Chicago Midway International Airport. The aircraft used for the flight was a four-year-old Boeing 737-222, City of Lincoln, registration N9031U, [9][1]: 2 (built in 1968).

2021年2月26日 · Boeing 737-222 with registration N9031U airframe details and operator history including first flight and delivery dates, seat configurations, engines, fleet numbers and names

Flight UA553 departed Washington-National Airport at 1250LT for Omaha with an intermediate stop at Chicago-Midway Airport. Chicago ARTCC cleared the crew to descend to 4000 feet and the flight was given vectors for a Midway Airport runway 31L localizer course.

United Airlines Flight 553, a B737-222 with registration N9031U, named "City of Lincoln", took off from Washington-National Airport for flight UA553 to Chicago and Omaha. Departure time was 12.50 CST. Chicago ARTCC cleared the crew to descend to 4000ft and the flight was given vectors for a Midway Airport Runway 31L localizer course.

Refer to 14 CFR Parts 39, 43, 91, and FAA Order 8130.2 for airworthiness regulations and guidance. The information contained in this record should be the most current Airworthiness information available in the historical aircraft record. However, this data alone does not provide the basis for a determination regarding the.

----- file date location aircraft data injuries flight pilot data f s m/n purpose-----1-0048 72/12/8 chicago,ill boeing 737 cr- 3 1 2 sched dom passg srv airline transport, age time - 1428 n9031u px- 40 11 4 44, 18000 total hours, damage-destroyed ot- 0 0 0 2435 in type, instrument rated.

2022年12月8日 · The aircraft involved in the accident was a four-year-old Boeing 737-200 with the registration N9031U. In command of the flight was 44-year-old Captain Wendell Lewis Whitehouse.

On Dec 8, 1972, United Airlines Boeing 737-222, N9031U named "City of Lincoln", took off from Washington-National Airport for flight UA553 to Chicago, IL. While on approach the aircraft crashed with 61 passengers and crew on-board. 43 on the plane and 2 on the ground lost their lives that day. taken on Kodak 35mm b/w film.

boeing 737, n9031u chicago-midway airport chicago, illinois, december 8, 1972 A United Air Lines Boeing 737-222 crashed on December 8, 1972, at 1428 c.s.t. while making a nonprecision instrument approach to Runway 31L at the Chicago-Midway Airport, Chicago, ILL.