He said leaking jet fuel soon exploded "like Roman candles." Percival said he was going to crawl through a hole in the plane to look for survivors but turned around because of billowing smoke. It ran off the runway and skidded across a two-lane road, punching through fences on either side before bursting into flames. Witnesses said it appeared the plane, a CL-602 Challenger, never got off the ground. They flew to Colorado, where they have a home, to drop off Ebersol's wife, actress Susan Saint James, best known for her television roles on "McMillan & Wife" and "Kate and Allie."Įbersol and the two sons then planned to fly to South Bend - to drop Charles off at Notre Dame, where he is a senior. Another Ebersol son, 18-year-old Willie, is a freshman at USC. He and his two sons, Charles and Edward, 14, were flying home from California, where the older son's school, Notre Dame, played a football game Saturday against Southern California. The plane was headed to South Bend, Indiana, where Charles is a senior at Notre Dame.Įbersol has been head of NBC Sports for nearly 15 years, and is perhaps best known for his love of the Olympics, which are broadcast on the network. Both men were found walking near the wreckage before being taken to a local hospital. Witnesses say Dick Ebersol, 57, was pulled form the wreck by his son, Charles. "It's going to be a while because unfortunately a lot of the wreckage is still covered with snow," said Arnold Scott, the lead investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board. A white sheet was draped across part of the site as crews wrapped up work for the day. The two engines lay on the ground nearby near the tail section where they had been mounted.Ī backhoe was brought in to help dig through the wreckage, found near a cattle pen in a snow-covered field dotted with knee-high weeds. With light snow falling, crews began picking through the charred pile of twisted metal and a 6-foot-high shard of the fuselage with three gaping, round windows.
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