Updated: 3:40 p.m. ET, Oct. 29, 2016
(Bloomberg) -- An American Airlines jetliner caught fire while preparing for takeoff from Chicago’s O’Hare airport, sending columns of thick black smoke into the air as passengers fled on escape slides.
Twenty people were taken to hospitals for treatment of minor injuries ranging from bruises to hurt ankles, Juan Hernandez, district chief of emergency medical services for the Chicago Fire Department, said at a news conference Friday. American set the number of injured at seven travelers and one flight attendant.
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