ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A freight train derailment at 47th and Archer created traffic delays and interrupted service on the Heritage Corridor line through Chicago today. No injuries have been reported by local news. Heritage Corridor line service is currently back on schedule after an early morning derailment.

Local news reports that a freight train derailment occurred today around 6:35 am. The derailment at 47th and Archer resulted in traffic on Archer being closed in both directions initially.

Reports indicate the derailment involved three to four cars. One car was marked “J.B. Hunt”. Fire officials confirm to news that the train was carrying office supplies and paper.

Train Number 914, Joliet-to-Chicago, was halted initially after being blocked by the derailment. Train service was restored 37 minutes later.

CTA had re-routed the No. 62 Archer buses. Fox Chicago reports “Many CTA buses were rerouted due to the closings”. NBC Chicago reports that travels to “Midway .. [are] urged to avoid Archer Avenue and take the Stevenson Expressway instead.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – A Phoenix neighboring plane crash tonight has caused a brush fire. The Phoenix plane that crashed today November 23, 2011 was not a commercial aircraft, local news is confirming. Authorities tell news that multiple fatalities have been discovered.

Search and rescue on scene reportedly found twenty-four inch tires. Those reports lead investigators to believe it was a small, non-commercial, aircraft which had crashed. Pinal County investigators confirm the same. They believe the plane was a twin-engine private aircraft.

Elias Johnson, a spokesman for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, confirms the crash site was in the Superstition Mountains. The impact was so strong that no remains of the plane remained. Sky Harbor International Airport and Allegiant Air tell local news that all its planes are accounted for. Local witnesses believe the plane came directly into the side of the mountain.

Olivia Santini reports “Witnesses reported seeing a plane crash into the side of the mountain and a huge mushroom cloud of flame.” NBC12 reports the same; “The subsequent explosion unleashed a fireball that witnesses described as a “mushroom cloud.”

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – New video depicts the crash belly landing of that LOT Polish Airlines Flight 12 this morning. LOT Flight 12 was heading between Newark and Warsaw when the Boeing 767-300ER had to make an emergency landing. After leaving Newark, LOT Flight 12 realized its landing gear wouldn’t engage in Warsaw.

So on descent to Warsaw airport, pilots of LOT Flight 12 decided to do a belly flop landing. They did so after emptying fuel. The entire maneuver took roughly one hour. All passengers on board are safe. No injuries resulted. The landing happened at 2:40 local time today.

Two hundred thirty passengers were on board.“All safety procedures worked perfectly fine and, thanks to this, nobody was injured,” said Leszek Chorzewski, spokesman for the Polish national flag carrier LOT, in a news statement today. Warsaw airport will remain closed until 8 am local time Wednesday because of the emergency landing.

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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The death of Nick Aaronson (photo above) has shocked US Airways and his West Covina family. Cause of death for Nick Aaronson remains unsolved Monday after he was found dead in his Mexico City Hotel room Saturday.

Investigators on the Nick Aaronson case say that the 33 year old flight attendant had been staying in at the Mexico City Hilton Hotel with his crew following a layover. Police have yet to confirm if Nick Aaronson invited the killer into his room. But police initially indicated to news that there was no safety breach at the hotel. There was no signs of forced entry and no weapons were found in his hotel room.

When police responded to the hotel room, they found Nick Aaronson completely unclothed, face down, his own belt around his neck. Investigators would not indicate if Nick Aaronson died of strangulation.

But police are certain that Nick Aaronson died of a homicide, the motive still unknown. He had been struck multiple times Rene Hernandez Cueto, a spokesman for the attorney general in Mexico City, tells news.

The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) issued the following statement to news “Preliminary findings do not indicate a safety breach at the hotel. Therefore, we do not believe our crew members are at risk.” They added “However, until this matter is resolved, layover crews will be temporarily relocated to an alternative location.”

Funeral arrangements have not been announced.

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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Southwest Airlines Flight 3683 has landed in Amarillo tonight after Ali Reza Shahsauri was arrested. During Flight 3683’s travel today, Ali Reza Shahsauri allegedly became unruly, police claim in news briefing. The flight had originated from here in Los Angeles.

Shortly after 3:30 pm local time in Texas, Ali Reza Shahsauri allegedly became unruly. The crew decided to divert the flight to Texas. Originally slated to go from Los Angeles-to-Kansas City, the flight was redirected to Amarillo airport late this afternoon. An emergency call was made to the Amarillo airport after reports that the passenger was allegedly causing mid-flight trouble.

Earlier news reports claimed the passenger sought to break into the cockpit mid-flight. But Southwest Airlines spokesman Brad Hawkins tells news late tonight he is unsure if the passenger ever made the attempt. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Sarah Horowitz says she could not confirm the alleged break-in either.

Amarillo Aviation Director Patrick Rhodes tells news that local police believe the passenger did not attempt the break-in but was “disruptive and unruly.”

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