ACR B727 LANDED RWY 14R WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE THAT THE PRECEDING ACFT HAD CRASH LANDED SHORT OF AND TO THE SIDE OF THE SAME RWY.

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WE WERE GIVEN AN INTERCEPT HDG FOR THE RWY 14R LOC AND HANDED OFF TO ORD APCH; WHO THEN CLRED US FOR THE APCH. AFTER WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON THE LOC; WE WERE HANDED OFF TO MONITOR TWR. WE WERE GIVEN A COUPLE OF SPD REDUCTIONS BY TWR AND CLRED TO LAND. WE ELECTED TO DO A CAT II MONITORED APCH WITH THE AUTOPLT COUPLED. WE HAD RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL INTERCEPT FOR THE LOC; AND A 30 MI FINAL. THE AUTOPLT PERFORMED TO PERFECTION. TCASII SHOWED THAT BOTH OUR TFC AHEAD AND BEHIND US WAS AT LEAST 5 MI AWAY. THE LATEST TOUCHDOWN RVR TWR ISSUED WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE OUR MINIMUMS OF 1200 FT (ROLLOUT RVR WAS MUCH HIGHER). GND CONTACT WAS NOTED AT 200 FT RADIO ALT AND THE SEQUENCE FLASHERS WERE ACQUIRED AT 150 FT. THE REST OF THE APCH LIGHTS WERE ACQUIRED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AND THE RWY ITSELF WAS IN VIEW BY 110 FT RADIO ALT (OUR DECISION HT). WE LANDED APPROX 2000 FT DOWN THE RWY AND TURNED L OFF THE RWY AT T6. THE TOUCHDOWN AREA OF THE RWY WHERE WE LANDED; APPEARED CLR AND NO UNUSUAL RADIO XMISSIONS WERE HEARD ON APCH; TWR; OR GND. A FEW HRS LATER; WE WERE INFORMED BY DISPATCH AND THEN THE ORD FLT OFFICE THAT THE PROCEEDING ARR TO OUR LNDG AT ORD HAD BEEN AN ACR B727 THAT HAD 'CRASH LANDED' OFF TO THE R SIDE OF RWY 14R. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 393369: WE BECAME AWARE THAT ANOTHER ACFT HAD POSSIBLY HAD A PROB ON LNDG WHEN A PAX ASKED ABOUT THE AIRPLANE THAT WAS EVACING. WE THOUGHT THAT IT MUST HAVE LANDED BEHIND US BUT A FEW HRS LATER WE LEARNED THAT IT HAD LANDED AHEAD OF US. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 393709: LATER IN THE DAY; WE LEARNED THAT AN ACR B727 HAD APPARENTLY CRASHED BEFORE US ON THAT SAME RWY; APPROX 2 MINS PRIOR TO OUR LNDG.