Why O'Hare is America's most dangerous airport--and why it will get worse
By Dennis Byrne, October 13, 2011
And Midway is Number 12
A new study based on Federal Aviation Administration statistics shows that O'Hare International Airport is the nation's most dangerous airport.
The study is based on the number and potential severity near-collision between airplanes incidents at the airports. (See the full methodology.)
Travel and Leisure Magazine, which conducted the study, cited a previously reported 2006 incident in which United Airlines Fllight 1015 , speeding down a runway for takeoff narrowly avoided crashing into an Atlas Air 757 cargo plane taxing directly into its path. (The Tribune has reported extensively on such runway "incursions," but this is the first time that I've seen a comparative list compiled of all America's airports.)
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