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 | | On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10, dropped an engine during takeoff and crashed while en route to Los Angeles from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, killing all 271 passengers and crew on board and two people on the ground. |
 | | On October 2, 1996, AeroPeru Flight 603, a Boeing 757 en route to LAX from Arturo Merino Benitez International Airport in Santiago, Chile, via Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima, Peru, crashed in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. |
 | | Three of the flights hijacked during the September 11, 2001 Attacks -- American Airlines Flight 11 (WTC North Tower), American Airlines Flight 77 (Pentagon), and United Airlines Flight 175 (WTC South Tower) -- were bound for LAX. |
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