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b'The old days of air travel were quite risky\\u2026compared to today, the chances of your flight going down were far greater \\u2026every airport had kiosks and coin-operating vending machines where you could buy life insurance before you headed to the gate\\u2014you know, just in case you thought you weren\\u2019t going to make it to your final destination\\u2026\\n1977 was one of the worst years for accidents in aviation history\\u2026in addition to several violent hijackings every month\\u2014sometimes with fatal results\\u2014There were also passenger plane crashes with great loss of life\\u2026including the worst aviation disaster of all time when two 747s planes collided on a runway in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people.\\nFrank Sinatra\\u2019s mother, the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, and all but one member of the University of Evansville basketball team died in crashes\\u2026\\nBut then there were the events of October 20, 1977, when a rickety chartered plane went down in a swamp in Mississippi\\u2026on board were members of Lynyrd Skynyrd\\u2026six of the 24 passengers died, including singer Ronnie Van Zandt, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick\\u2026both pilots also died\\u2026\\nWhat happened?\\nHave I got a story for you...\\nLike what you hear? You can find and follow Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry on your favourite podcast app or by clicking here: https://link.chtbl.com/uncharted-rssdrop\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'