Yankees pitcher dies in plane crash
Major sports outlets and even news outlets are reporting that New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle has died in the small plane that crashed into the condo tower in Manhattan earlier today.
A law enforcement official in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Lidle was on the plane. And Federal Aviation Administration records showed the single-engine plane was registered to the athlete.
- The plane was registered to Lidle.
- There apparently was an emergency call from the plane about a possible fuel problem.
- Lidle’s passport was also apparently found in the road.
- Lidle and his passenger died in the crash, but apparently no one else was killed.
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Update: The Sunday after the Detroit Tigers eliminated the New York Yankees, Lidle talked about his passion for flying.
He explained to reporters the process of getting a pilot’s license and said he intended to fly back to California in several days and planned to make a few stops. Lidle discussed the plane crash of John F. Kennedy Jr. and how he had read the accident report on the National Transportation Safety Board Web site.
Lidle, acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies on July 30, told The New York Times last month that his four-seat Cirrus SR20 plane was safe.
“The whole plane has a parachute [that can be deployed in the event of emergency] on it,” Lidle said. “Ninety-nine percent of pilots that go up never have engine failure, and the 1 percent that do usually land it. But if you’re up in the air and something goes wrong, you pull that parachute, and the whole plane goes down slowly.”
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