Boy dies as plane slides off Chicago runway

A jetliner trying to land in heavy snow slid off a runway in Chicago last night and onto a busy street, hitting one vehicle and…

A jetliner trying to land in heavy snow slid off a runway in Chicago last night and onto a busy street, hitting one vehicle and pinning another beneath it.

A six-year-old boy in one of the vehicles was killed, and eight people people in the two vehicles were hurt. Two passengers on the Boeing 737 suffered minor injuries.

Midway International Airport remains closed after the crash.

Ninety-eight passengers and five crew members were on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, the carrier said.

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According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Southwest Airlines Flight 1248 from Baltimore to Chicago slid off the runway at the north-west corner of the airport, through the boundary fence and into the roadway.

The airplane's nose was crushed and a severely damaged engine was on the ground, the Chicago Fire Department said.

National Transportation Safety Board and FAA officials from Washington are investigating.