Chicago: woman dies in baggage-claim machinery at O’Hare airport

Officials say unnamed woman, 57, was discovered entangled in conveyor belt system in baggage room

A dead woman was found entangled in machinery in a baggage-processing area at O'Hare international airport in Chicago on Thursday.

Larry Langford, a spokesperson for the Chicago fire department, said firefighters were called to the airport at about 7.45am for a report of a person pinned in machinery used to move baggage. He said they discovered the woman entangled in a conveyor belt system in a baggage room.