Goodyear has been bringing its blimps to Oshkosh for more than 50 years and plans are for the airships to participate in flying activities during both the afternoon and night air shows.

The Federal Aviation Administration said that the incident occurred at around 7:35 p.m. local time, Air Wisconsin Flight 6181 was hit by an aircraft tug while approaching a gate at O'Hare.

The six middle-sized blimps, off Lakehurst, N.J., looked as deceptively innocent as exploding cigars. They made up the first lighter-than-air squadron the Navy has sent aloft in World War II.

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