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Four of six Bar-Kays members died: Ronnie Caldwell, Phalon Jones, Jimmy King and Carl Cunningham. Ben Cauley survived the crash and James Alexander was not on the plane. Also on board and killed was soul singer Otis Redding. Beechcraft Model 18: Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Cause undetermined Chase: United States
The first ground fatalities from an aircraft crash occurred on 21 July 1919, when the Wingfoot Air Express crash took place. The airship crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, killing three of the five occupants of the aircraft, in addition to ten people on the ground. [1]
On October 20, 1977, a Convair CV-240 passenger aircraft ran out of fuel and crashed in a wooded area near Gillsburg, Mississippi, United States.Chartered by the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from L & J Company of Addison, Texas, it was flying from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashing near its destination.
Captain of Flight 5. Died in another plane crash one year later. [13] 25 August 1942 Sgt Andrew Jack 20 Male C Royal Air Force: Dunbeath Air Crash: 15 [14] 22 January 1943 John Alfred Howard 26 Male P Pan American-Grace Airways: Flight 9 14 [15] 14 June 1943 Foye Kenneth Roberts 22 Male P U.S. Army Air Forces: Bakers Creek air crash: 40 [16] 5 ...
Two passengers who survived the initial crash died months later. 13. December 16, 1960 † 134 (including 6 on the ground) N/A 0 1960 New York mid-air collision: Brooklyn, New York, and Staten Island, New York: One passenger, an 11-year-old boy who was on United Airlines Flight 826, survived the initial crash but died of pneumonia the next day. 14.
Photo Name Title Date Place Country Type Aircraft model (1862–1936) Arvid Lindman [3]: former Prime Minister of Sweden: 9 December 1936 Croydon, Surrey United Kingdom ...
The small Georgia community of New Hope, in Paulding County, where a memorial and reunion were held by survivors and family members 20 years after the accident in 1997, [10] [11] now hosts a memorial and reunion annually near the crash site. [12] [13] The site is 11 miles (18 km) from Cartersville Airport and 15.5 miles (25 km) from Dobbins AFB.
He spent his remaining years battling health problems related to injuries sustained in the crash, as well as lung and prostate cancers. Family members and passengers who spoke to McBroom at a 1998 reunion of crash survivors reported he was "a broken man" plagued by guilt over his role in the accident. [17] He died on October 9, 2004, at age 77 ...