In a bizarre accident, a Southwest 737 slid off the runway at Chicago’s Midway Airport, slid through a fence and crashed into a car on 55th and Cicero Central.

• Midway’s Web Site 
• Map Of Runway (plane went off Runway 31C)
• Google Map of Airport(awesome shot)
• Flight Information for Midway (many diversions)
• Chicago Tribune has video

9:42 Update: CNN is broadcasting that the passengers suffered no injuries, and are being bussed to the terminal. The only person seriously hurt was a person in a car that was hit by the plane at  the intersection of Cicero and 55th. The Jaws of Life were used to get people out of the car.

10:01 Update 2: WGN is reporting that 2 Adults and 3 Children are injured. One Critically… Two cars were involved.

(11:07) Update 3: Rumor of a Fatality has been announced on CNN. One of the cars under the side of the plane. Other car under the nose of the plane. An 8 year old boy died in the incident. 11:36 Boy is now said to be 6 years old. God Rest his Soul.

MIDWAY CLOSED TILL TOMORROW AM

(6:45 AM) Update 4 This makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up

From the Chicago Tribune Article

Thursday’s incident came 33 years to the day after United Airlines Flight 533 crashed into a house near Midway, killing 45–43 people on the plane and two in the house it struck on 70th Place. Eighteen passengers survived.

That plane left Washington, D.C., for Omaha and was about to make a planned stop in Chicago when the pilot was instructed by the control tower to execute a “missed approach” pattern. As he went around for another landing attempt, the plane struck tree branches and then some bungalows before plowing into the home of Veronica Kuculich. She and her daughter, Theresa, died.

From the LA Times

The accident resulted in at least one vehicle being hit and the injury of at least two people, according to Larry Langford, a Chicago fire department spokesman.The plane, Flight 1248 from Baltimore, was landing about 7 p.m., according to fire and police reports.

There were more than 90 passengers aboard, Langford said. They were evacuated and being loaded onto buses, he said

CNN

There were no immediate reports of injuries, Abrams said, but Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford told The Associated Press that at least one person was seriously hurt in a vehicle.

The Boeing 737 was carrying 98 people. It left Baltimore-Washington International Airport about 5 p.m. ET and tried to land shortly after 8 p.m. ET. Passengers told WFLD television that the plane made a “hard landing.”

It had been snowing all day in Chicago and visibility was poor at the time of the landing. Midway airport lies in a dense residential and commercial district of the city, west of downtown.

Video from the scene showed at least 10 ambulances at the scene and dozens of fire trucks and other emergency vehicles converging on the intersection.

Southwest Press Release

DALLAS–(December 8, 2005 - 9:00PM) — Southwest Airlines has confirmed an interruption in its service with an undetermined origin. The event is significant enough, however, to put the airline into an “alert” status.

Southwest Airlines representatives with various areas of expertise have begun the investigation process into this event. THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.

As the investigation continues, information will be posted via PR Newswire and on the Southwest Airlines website, located at www.southwest.com

Political Teen has video.

Map Of Midway: