O’Hare explosion not as severe as initially thought
By Andrew GillO’Hare explosion not as severe as initially thought
By Andrew GillAround 11:40 A.M. Chicago media outlets jumped into high gear on news of an explosion at the airport. ABC 7’s Chuck Goudie tweeted, “BREAKING: Small explosion at #Chicago #OHare airport. Baggage handling area terminal one #United. One injury.”
Before long the ABC 7 website was streaming live helicopter footage of the United terminal at O’Hare in case of further developments. Nothing much seemed to be amiss outside and the incident was downgraded from a “minor explosion” around noon.
At 12:23 the Chicago Fire Department set the record straight. A battery being shipped via United had an accidental discharge and exploded. CFD’s commander sent us this statement:
CFD is at O’Hare Airport assisting the Chicago Police Department concerning and (sic) incident in which we believed that a battery being shipped in a container explored (sic) while being handle (sic) by an (sic) united (sic) employee this is believed to be an accidental discharge. No, (sic, ah forget it) criminal activity is suspected at this time. CDA ( Chicago Department of Aviation will give update on airport status
Fire and CPD are inspecting other container, the United Employee has suffered minor injuries..