William Andersthis Apollo 8 astronauts Known for taking iconic ‘Earthrise’ photos, died in an accident last month plane crash Off the coast of Washington state. This National Transportation Safety Board The U.S. NTSB released a preliminary report on Tuesday showing Anders was performing an air show near a friend’s home. Orcas island When a tragic accident happens.
According to a report given by the NTSB, it said that in one of his text messages he sent to his friend. He explained that he wanted to fly past her apartment which is situated at the west coast of Orcas Island. The woman said she was used to such flights by Anders who often did two over flights as well as shaking wings of the airplane, but “he had never performed any type of aerobatics.”
At about 11 :37am on June 7th, a loud sound coming from Anders’ approaching plane reached a friend’s ear. She saw an ancient Beech A45 moving north along the shore line near her house. Although it disappeared behind trees for a moment and several peered out over water flying southwards. For instance at first when she observed drop left wing, she believed that it was part of Anders’ routine however it continued dropping until the aircraft lost height very quickly.
Meanwhile, another witness north of Anders’ friend’s house captured video footage of the plane on his cell phone. This video depicts its right wing tip striking the water as it fell steeply towards it. Only two men gave their accounts according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
The plane sank near the north end of Jones Island, off the west coast of Orcas Island. That afternoon, 90 year old Mr. Anders’ body could be seen floating in water. Majority wreckage together with debris will be examined further within next week according to agency reports received so far.
