Pilot's brutal last word before American Airlines crash killed 273
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Pilot's brutal last word before American Airlines crash killed 273
A pilot's grim final word 'damn' was captured on the cockpit voice recorder moments before American Airlines Flight 191 crashed near Chicago's O'Hare Airport on 25 May 1979, killing all 273 people on board in what remains the deadliest aviation disaster in US history - caused not by pilot error, but a flawed maintenance procedure.
