More than 30 people were injured after a CTA Blue Line train derailed and hit a platform at O'Hare International Airport about 2:55 a.m. on Monday, March 24, 2014. The braking system of the CTA train was engaged and the train apparently wasn't speeding, a federal official said today.
An undated photo shared by NTSB via Twitter on Tues., March 25 shows rail cars involved in the CTA accident at the Blue Line O'Hare station. — NTSB
Chicago Fire Department firefighters brought ventilation fans to the CTA O'Hare Station, where a train derailed a day earlier. Part of the crash scene is visible through a gap in heavy tarps draped to block the view of the damaged train. — Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2014
Metal gates and a tarp cover the O'Hare CTA Blue Line Station as NTSB and CTA investigators work the scene of yesterday's train derailment. — Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2014
NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Ted Turpin updates reporters on Monday's train derailment at the O'Hare CTA Blue Line Station. — Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2014
CTA Blue Line riders disembark shuttle buses from O'Hare International Airport at the Rosemont station the day after a Blue Line train derailed and landed atop an escalator at the airport. The O'Hare station will be closed for several days as investigators work the scene of the derailment. — Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2014
NTSB Investigator-in-Charge Ted Turpin updates reporters at the O'Hare CTA Blue Line Station on the train derailment. — Michael Tercha, Chicago Tribune, March 25, 2014
Workers place signage to inform commuters about bus shuttle centers at a CTA Blue Line train station at O'Hare International Airport. A CTA Blue Line train derailed early this morning and passengers were being shuttled to and from the nearest CTA Blue Line station at Rosemont. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
Timothy J. DePaepe, a railroad accident investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks at a press conference outside the scene of a train derailment at the CTA O'Hare station at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. — Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
A Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it derailed and overran the platform early this morning. — Courtesy of Milka Overton, March 24, 2014
A Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it derailed and overran the platform early this morning. — Coutesy of Milka Overton, March 24, 2014
A CTA Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it derailed and hit the platform at about 2:55 a.m. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
Police control the Blue Line platform at O'Hare International airport where a Blue Line train derailed early today. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
A Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it derailed and overran the platform this morning. — Handout, March 24, 2014
A Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it derailed and overran the platform this morning. — Handout, March 24, 2014
A Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it derailed and overran the platform this morning. — Handout, March 24, 2014
A derailed Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport. — Handout, March 24, 2014
Police control the Blue Line platform at O'Hare International Airport where a Blue Line train overran the stop. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
A CTA Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it derailed and hit the platform about 2:55 a.m. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
A CTA Blue Line train sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it derailed and hit the platform about 2:55 a.m. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
A CTA Blue Line trains sits on an escalator at O'Hare International Airport after it jumped the landing platform early today. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
CTA workers put up a tarp at the CTA Blue Line station at O'Hare International Airport where a train derailed and hit a platform about 2:55 a.m this morning. The tarp covered the scene of the investigation, keeping the train car out of view from the media and general public. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
CTA workers put up a tarp at the CTA Blue Line station at O'Hare International Airport where a train derailed and hit a platform about 2:55 a.m this morning. The tarp covered the scene of the investigation, keeping the train car out of view from the media and general public. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
CTA Blue Line riders are directed to buses At the Rosemont CTA station near O'Hare International Airport after a CTA train derailed and crashed into the CTA O'Hare Station platform, running part way up the escalator. — Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
A commuter arrives to the closed CTA Blue Line station at O'Hare International Airport where a train derailed and hit a platform at this station. Commuters are being sent to a bus shuttle area for transport to the Rosemont CTA Blue Line station. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
CTA workers help Blue Line passengers at the Rosemont station board buses to O'Hare International Airport. A CTA Blue Line train derailed and landed on an escalator at the O'Hare station earlier in the day. — Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
Blue Line passengers at the Rosemont station make their way to shuttle buses going to O'Hare International Airport. A CTA Blue Line train derailed and landed on an escalator at the O'Hare station earlier in the day. — Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
Christopher Bushell, right, CTA Chief Infrastructure Officer, speaks to the media as Brian Steele spokesman with the CTA looks on, during an update with the media regarding a CTA Blue Line train derailment which hit a platform at O'Hare International Airport — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
Police rope off escalators at the CTA O'Hare Blue Line station after a train derailed and ran into the platform. — Jose M. Osorio, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
CTA Blue Line riders are directed to buses At the Rosemont CTA station near O'Hare International Airport after a CTA train derailed and crashed into the CTA O'Hare station platform, running part way up the escalator. — Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2014
A Blue Line train sits on an escalator after it derailed at O'Hare International Airport this morning. — Handout, March 24, 2014
