On July 16, 1999, the plane John F. Kennedy, Jr., was piloting crashed nose first off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. He and his passengers—wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette—were killed. According to a report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board in 2000, the crash was caused by the pilot’s failure to maintain control during a descent over water at night, influenced by spatial disorientation because of haze and darkness.
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