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Cold Case Files

Brooke's Top 10: Ticket to Nowhere

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Flight 191 crashed in Chicago in 1979, killing nearly 300 people on board. It was the deadliest plane accident in American history. A single mother, Diane Chorba, also died that day, but was she aboard flight 191, or was the crash the perfect cover-up for murder? Got hair color needs? Use MADISON REED! Get 10% off plus FREE SHIPPING on your first Color Kit with code "COLDCASE" at www.madison-reed.com Manage YOUR business with NetSuite! Schedule your FREE Product Tour and receive your FREE guide “Six ways to run a MORE PROFITABLE Business” at www.netsuite.com/ccf Get online therapy at an affordable price with TALKSPACE. Get $100 off your first month by using code COLDCASE at www.talkspace.com OR download the TALKSPACE app! Get a quote online at www.Progressive.com in as little as 5 minutes and see how much you could be saving!

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0:00.0

Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production available on Apple Podcasts and Podcast One

0:07.8

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0:15.9

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0:27.2

On May 25th, 1979

0:30.0

American Airlines flight 191 took off from Chicago, O'Hare International Airport bound for Los Angeles

0:37.1

The plane had barely lifted off when the left engine broke free

0:40.7

crashing into the wing then falling to the ground

0:43.6

The plane rolled violently then crashed erupting into a ball of flames

0:49.5

There were no survivors

0:51.5

All 271 people on board died along with two people on the ground when the plane hit

0:56.7

When an accident of that magnitude happens officials jumped into action

1:05.1

The crash site was investigated

1:07.6

bodies examined for identification and the technical failures were explained

1:13.0

But there was one mystery about the crash that wasn't so open and shut

1:18.0

One woman 30-year-old Diane Chorba also died around the time the plane went down

1:23.8

But did she die up or the aircraft or was the crash a perfect cover-up for murder?

1:32.4

From A&E this is cold-case files

1:39.6

Everyone knows the old statistic about how you're more likely to die in a car accident than a plane crash

1:45.0

But what about murder?

1:46.5

According to a UN report the average person's odds of getting murdered are around 1 in 16,000

1:52.9

but the odds of dying in a plane crash are about 1 in 11 million

1:57.4

The mass seems pretty clear on what's a more likely cause of death

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