Kicker: Emergency slide mishap

MARY REICHARD, HOST: Airlines lose luggage more than they should. And this week United Airlines lost something of its own during the flight: the emergency evacuation slide!

On Monday a flight from Zurich was coming in to land at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. Video shows the folded up slide falling from the plane. Patrick Devitt lives nearby, telling ABC News 7:

PATRICK DEVITT: I was like, wow, this really happened. Like this fell off of an airplane and landed in our backyard.

Thankfully no one was hurt, but it definitely rattled the neighborhood. This has happened twice before in other places: and everytime, it’s a Boeing 767.

The slide’s designed to help passengers exit the plane quickly and safely...

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: I’m pretty sure the slide needs to be attached to the plane to work best.

REICHARD: Ya think? It’s The World and Everything in It.

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