On October 12, 1997, John Denver, popular folk singer and amateur pilot, at the controls of a newly-purchased experimental aircraft, died after crashing into Monterey Bay, in California.
The plane was flying about 500 feet in the air when it just sort of dropped unexpectedly into the ocean. When it hit the water it broke into numerous parts.
One witness told KCBA-TV that she saw a puff and heard a "popping" sound prior to the crash.
"(The plane) kind of went up a little bit and absolutely straight down, not spiraling, just absolutely straight down," said Carolyn Pearl. "I thought it was doing some kind of acrobatic move, or something, and then realized it wasn't.
The plane crashed about 100 yards off rocky shoreline in the bay just north of Monterey, and near a jut in the land known as Lover's Point.
5 comments:
how ironic, both of those men are dead.....Merry Christmas
ha? that was the best how come most of the gifts are birds?
I cannot watch it without it freezing half way through
Yay we got to watch it all the way through! :)
On October 12, 1997, John Denver, popular folk singer and amateur pilot, at the controls of a newly-purchased experimental aircraft, died after crashing into Monterey Bay, in California.
The plane was flying about 500 feet in the air when it just sort of dropped unexpectedly into the ocean. When it hit the water it broke into numerous parts.
One witness told KCBA-TV that she saw a puff and heard a "popping" sound prior to the crash.
"(The plane) kind of went up a little bit and absolutely straight down, not spiraling, just absolutely straight down," said Carolyn Pearl. "I thought it was doing some kind of acrobatic move, or something, and then realized it wasn't.
The plane crashed about 100 yards off rocky shoreline in the bay just north of Monterey, and near a jut in the land known as Lover's Point.
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