In the summer of 1977, members of the rock band Aerosmith inspected an airplane they were considering chartering for their upcoming tour—a Convair 240 operated out of Addison, Texas. Concerns over the flight crew led Aerosmith to look elsewhere—a decision that saved one band but doomed another. The aircraft in question was instead chartered by the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, who were just setting out that autumn on a national tour that promised to be their biggest to date. On this day in 1977, however, during a flight from Greenville, South Carolina, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Lynyrd Skynyrds tour plane crashed in a heavily wooded area of southeastern Mississippi during a failed emergency landing attempt, killing band-members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines as well as the bands assistant road manager and the planes pilot and co-pilot. Twenty others survived the crash. Im headed down a highway got a suitcase by my side Blue skies hangin over my head I got 500 miles to ride Im goin down to Memphis town to play a late night show I hope the people are ready there cause the boys are all ready to go
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 00:11:07 +0000
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