WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – An American Airlines plane bound for Miami blew a tire and caught on fire during takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare airport on Friday afternoon, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. The runway at O’Hare was closed as a result of the accident. The statement said the passengers deplaned, with eyewitnesses saying emergency chutes were deployed.
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