Evacuated United Airlines flight
Published: 10/07/08
Passenger travelling on a United Airlines flight had to evacuate at O’Hare on the emergency slides on Friday afternoon.
United Airlines Flight 836 from Shanghai was evacuated after the pilot reported an emergency in the cabin. The pilot reported the emergency at 3:45 p.m. The plane landed at 4 p.m. The passengers slid down the emergency chutes and were taken by bus to the terminal. There were 258 passengers, four pilots and 11 crew members on board.
One passenger was taken to an area hospital for treatment, but the spokes person did not know the hospital or passenger's condition. The Boeing 777 jet was evacuated as a "safety precaution”.