On May 25th, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 took off from Chicago O'Hare International Airport, found for Los Angeles.

The plane had barely lifted off when the left engine broke free, crashing into the wing, then

falling to the ground. The plane rolled violently, then falling to the ground.

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

There were no survivors.

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

When an accident of that magnitude happens, officials jump into action.

The crash site was investigated, bodies examined for identification,

and the technical failures were explained.

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

One woman, 30 year old Diane Chorba, also died around the time the plane went down. But did she die up or the aircraft? Or was the

crash a perfect cover-up for murder? From A&E, this is cold case files.

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

murder? According to a UN report, the average person's odds of getting

murdered are around 1 in 16,000, but the odds of dying in a plane crash are about 1 in 11 million. The mass seems pretty

clear on what's a more likely cause of death. However, in Luther Michigan in 1979, the outcome wasn't so immediately obvious.

It was May 24th, one day before the crash and 13 year old Vicky Chorba was getting home from school.

When she opened her front door,

Vicky expected to see her mother Diane.

Instead, she walked in on a Vicki expected to see her mother Diane.

Instead, she walked in on another woman, Judy Bean, rifling through her mother's things.

I remember opening the front door and seeing Judy on the floor in front of the bookcase.

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