Team owner nearly on downed plane
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Felix Sabates made a last-minute decision that saved his life Sunday, choosing not to take a ride on the Hendrick Motorsports plane that crashed on the way to a NASCAR race, killing all 10 persons on board.
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NBC Sports executive Dick Ebersol told investigators his chartered jet struggled just 20 feet into the air before it fell back to the runway and broke apart, aviation officials said Wednesday.
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NBC Sports Chairman and President Dick Ebersol and one of his sons survived a plane crash at a Colorado airport but a second son is missing, NBC affililate KUSA is reporting.
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Wayne Chrebet wanted so badly to play against the San Diego Chargers last week. Even though he sustained a mild concussion in the regular-season finale against St. Louis, Chrebet prepared as though he would play. He got on the airplane to California thinking he would play. Then came the bad news: Jets coach Herman Edwards decided against it.
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NBC sports Czar Dick Ebersol was seriously hurt and his 14-year-old son was missing yesterday after their private jet crashed on takeoff from the ski resort town of Telluride, Colo.
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DENVER -- A charter plane carrying NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol crashed and burst into flames during takeoff yesterday from a southwest Colorado airport, killing at least two people and seriously injuring Ebersol and one of his sons. Rescue crews were searching for another son.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. - Jimmie Johnson&#39;s series-high sixth victory of the season Sunday was overshadowed by word that a plane carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashed on the way to Martinsville Speedway.
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Ice on wings may have caused Ebersol crash: Investigators said yesterday they were looking into whether ice on the wings or a mechanical problem contributed to the fiery crash of an executive jet that killed the 14-year-old son of NBC Sports chairman Dick
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After the Jets' Wayne Chrebet suffered a mild concussion on Sunday, you had to wonder if his season might be over, if not his career.
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A charter plane crashed and burst into flames during takeoff Sunday, killing at least two people and seriously injuring NBC Sports Chairman and President Dick Ebersol and two others. Rescue crews were searching for one of Ebersol's sons.
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Air travelers face the biggest risk of death or injury on the ground.
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A Hendrick Motorsports plane carrying family and friends of one of NASCAR&#39;s top syndicates missed its first landing attempt at Blue Ridge Airport before it veered off course and smashed into Bull Mountain, a federal investigator said.
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Colorado - NBC Sports chairperson Dick Ebersol and his college-aged son emerged from the fiery wreckage of a corporate jet after it crashed during takeoff and burst into flames, killing two crew members.
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CALGARY, Alberta  - Half a dozen passengers were badly injured after an Air Canada plane bucked in midair on a flight across Canada, probably because of heavy turbulence.
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MONTROSE, Colo. -- A charter plane carrying NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol crashed and burst into flames during takeoff Sunday, killing at least two people and seriously injuring Ebersol and one of his sons.
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MONTROSE, Colo. - NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol was still strapped into his seat after the fatal Nov. 28 airplane crash that killed one son and spared another, but neither of the Ebersol siblings were wearing seat belts.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- A plane carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization crashed Sunday afternoon on its way to NASCAR&#39;s Nextel Cup race at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR officials confirmed.