The six people who died when their Las Vegas-bound plane crashed onto a Scottsdale
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golfer Payne StewartThis Day in South Dakota History: On October 25, 1999, pro golfer Payne Stewart and five others died in a plane crash west of Aberdeen near Mina, S.D. We look back on how the tragedy unfolded.
Parents Abdullah and Mona along with their children Basil, 8, and Ahamad, 3, all died aboard Flight 191.
Rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson are killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a flight headed for Moorhead, Minnesota.
Travis BarkerTravis Barker has taken his first flight in over a decade. The musician headed to Cabo with girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian, marking his first time flying since he survived a 2008 plane crash.
The crew consisted of three flight crew members, and eight cabin crew members. Of the 11 crew members, only three flight attendants survived the crash. The captain, Edward N. (Ted) Connors Jr., age 57, had been a Delta Air Lines employee since 1954.
2, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 from Fort Lauderdale was preparing to land in Dallas when a sudden storm slammed the plane into the ground. 137 people died. 27 survived. Here are some of their stories.
The airplane crash that killed singer Rick Nelson and six others was caused by a fire that started in the cabin but apparently was not ignited by passengers using drugs, National Transportation Safety Board investigators said Thursday after an 18-month probe.
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That was the day that a plane crash claimed the lives of seven members of the star's band, plus her tour manager. But it was only a small twist of fate — and a case of bronchitis — that kept the country superstar herself from boarding that plane.
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Recommended. In the crash, Barker was critically injured and suffered third degree burns on 65 per cent of his body. He was in hospital for months, enduring a total of 16 surgeries and multiple skin grafts to repair his body. There was enough damage that at one point, doctors considered amputating his foot.
The tragedy marked a stopping point for the Jacksonville, Florida band that got their start recording in Muscle Shoals, Alabama and innovating a sound known that would become known as southern rock. They reunited with the surviving members in 1987 with Van Zant's brother Johnny taking over on lead vocals.
Valente was certified as an airline transport pilot, most recently on March 15, according to FAA records. He was also certified as a flight instructor.
Pedroza recently became interested in flying and posted photos on social media of him with the plane that crashed Monday, a plane that he said he bought a share in last summer.
Lagos was a part-time Las Vegas fashion model who excelled in high school and college and had big plans for her future, longtime friend Katelyn Putman wrote Wednesday in comments to The Republic.
Rodriguez Garcia was also from Honduras and was slated to return there Sunday. She spent six months with family in Virginia while attending graduate school, according to an online fundraising effort started for the woman's family.
Patel was “an entrepreneur with lots of energy and lots of charisma,” his twin brother, Akash Patel, told The Republic . The two came to the United States from India in 2009 to attend college.
Coogan was a horse trainer who did equestrian sports and left high school in 2012 to pursue modeling opportunities, said Graham Rutherford, principal of Cardinal Newman High School in Santa Rosa, Calif., who learned of the woman's death Tuesday.
FOX 10's John Hook reports. SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - It's been two years since six people died in a fiery plane crash in North Scottsdale. The plane crashed on a golf course shortly after taking off from a nearby airport. The Piper Comanche aircraft was airborne for just 70 seconds, and its horrifying final moments were captured on a traffic camera.
The plane struggled to gain altitude, only reaching 200 feet.