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Watch: United Airlines emergency evacuation slide falls from plane into Chicago neighborhood

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Federal officials are investigating after a piece of debris fell into a backyard near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Monday afternoon.

A recently surfaced video shows the moment an emergency evacuation slide fell from a plane into a backyard as it was landing at O'Hare International Airport.

According to officials with the Federal Aviation Administration, a United Airlines flight had landed safely at the airport on Monday when maintenance workers realized that an emergency evacuation slide was missing from the side of the aircraft, a Boeing 767-300.

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That slide was later located in the backyard of a home in the 4700 block of North Chester, according to authorities.

The flight, which was arriving from Zurich, had 155 passengers and 10 crew members on board.

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No injuries were reported from the incident, and the FAA is continuing to investigate.

No further information was immediately available.

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