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On May 25th 1979 American Airlines flight

191 took off from Chicago, Ohio, and international airport bound 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 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 jumped into action

The crash site was investigated

Body's 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 Vicki Chorba was getting home from school

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