The Nation - News from June 24, 1985
An American Airlines jetliner with 70 passengers aboard dived suddenly to avoid an oncoming plane over Lake Michigan, injuring three flight attendants and seriously injuring a passenger, officials said. Flight 803 from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport landed safely at Kent County International Airport, Grand Rapids, Mich., the plane’s destination, after the near-collision with a propeller-driven craft, said Dan White, an American Airlines spokesman.
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