U.S. Congressman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Leland" id="mwAVI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mickey Leland">Mickey Leland</a> (D-<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" id="mwAVM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas">TX</a>) and 15 others die in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents" id="mwAVQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aviation accidents and incidents">plane crash</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia" id="mwAVU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a>.<sup about="#mwt210" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-40"}}' id="cite_ref-40" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_7#cite_note-40" id="mwAVY" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 40;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAVc">[40]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-40"><cite about="#mwt207" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFHiltzik1989">Hiltzik, Michael A. (August 14, 1989). <a class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=diJUAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=5803,4680798&amp;dq=mickey+leland+crash&amp;hl=en" id="mwCDU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Leland crash leaves no survivors"</a>. <i id="mwCDY"><a href="./Los_Angeles_Times" id="mwCDc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Los Angeles Times">Los Angeles Times</a> at the <a href="./Boca_Raton_News" id="mwCDg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boca Raton News">Boca Raton News</a></i>.</cite><span about="#mwt207" class="Z3988" id="mwCDk" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times+at+the+Boca+Raton+News&amp;rft.atitle=Leland+crash+leaves+no+survivors&amp;rft.date=1989-08-14&amp;rft.aulast=Hiltzik&amp;rft.aufirst=Michael+A.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DdiJUAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D5803%2C4680798%26dq%3Dmickey%2Bleland%2Bcrash%26hl%3Den&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+7"></span></span>