1- U.S. figure skating team
Fifty years ago on Feb. 15, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash on its way to the World Championships in Prague. (Read about 50th anniversary remembrances)
The plane (what model?) crashed as it was trying to land in Brussels, killing all 72 on board and one person on the ground. Find out more about the nine-time champion who died and learn more about the movie made about the tragedy.
The plane (what model?) crashed as it was trying to land in Brussels, killing all 72 on board and one person on the ground. Find out more about the nine-time champion who died and learn more about the movie made about the tragedy.
2- ‘We Are Marshall’
Flying into “rain, fog, smoke and a ragged ceiling” is tricky anytime, but once when it was a pilot’s first landing at an airport, it turned tragic.
The entire Marshall University Thundering Herd football team perished in this crash on Nov. 14, 1970, but this proud program was rebuilt and continues to excel. The story was captured in a 2006 movie.
Age Ain’t Nothing But a Number, but when your plane goes down and you’re 22 years old, it seems impossibly tragic.
In the wake of the crash, Aaliyah’s parents filed lawsuits (what did they claim? |what happened with the cases? )
4- Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and Buddy HollyThe Day the Music Died was Feb. 3, 1959, forever immortalized in a famous rock song.
Three promising lives snuffed out before their prime. One Cricket didn’t get on the plane and for the rest of his life was haunted by something he said that fateful night.
5- Glenn Miller Headed to France to entertain U.S. troops in Dec. 1944, a plane carrying one of the world’s most popular musicians went down in bad weather over the English Channel (see it on a map).
The body of the young band leader was never found, but his music endures and continues to define an era in American music.
6- Lech Kaczynski and Ted Stevens
Our new decade has not been a good one for politicians and air travel. One nation lost its president in an April 2010 crash over an Eastern European neighbor,and four months later, the U.S. Senate’s longest-serving Republican died in a crash in his home state.
Less than two years earlier, he was convicted in a high-profile trial (what were the charges?)
7- John Denver
Oct. 12, 1997, the world lost a singer/songwriter/activist/poet and pilot who was one of the most popular musical artists of the 1970s.
The 53-year-old was piloting an experimental plane when it crashed into the Pacific. He had something special with him when he was cremated.
This golfer, who was said to a bigger wardrobe than any of his competitors, won three majors in his golfing career, including the 1999 U.S. Open just months before he died.
The crash is not what killed him. Who else died in the crash?
9- Space Shuttle Challenger
It was an unforgettably tragic moment for and brought the term O-Ring into global consciousness.
On Jan. 28, 1986, with school children all over the country watching the TV broadcast, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its space mission.
All seven crew members died, including the woman who trained to become the first teacher in space.
10- Rocky Marciano
He was a world champion boxer who once beat a legend.
When he retired, he became the only heavyweight to hang up his gloves undefeated.
On Aug. 31, 1969, the eve of his 46th birthday, he died with an inexperienced pilot and one other passenger.
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