DragonKing Dark: The Payne Stewart plane crash

Karl Stern’s path down the darkest 100 moments in pop culture continues.

In 1999, television viewers tuned into the story about an out of control jet plane flying across the country from Florida toward Canada.

The unresponsive plane was tailed by military jets across the country, failing to make contact with any ground control. Military pilots observed the windows of the jet frosted over indicating that the cabin had lost pressure. 

Adding to the intrigue was that onboard the jet was a famous sports personality in PGA golf champion Payne Stewart.

Let’s delve into it on this week’s entry into the Dark 100.

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