MENDOTA- Carol L. Swope, 72, of Mendota passed away Aug. 27, 2017 in Alden Debes Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Rockford....
Two days before the crash that killed him at 26, Redding had recorded the vocals for aching ballad (Sittinâ On) The Dock of the Bay. Four miles outside Madison, Wisconsin, December 10, 1967, hampered by low cloud cover and cold weather, the eight-seater private plane carrying 26-year-old soul star Otis Redding hit trouble.
1 6 January 2007 - Korean Air Lines Flight 769 from Seoul to Akita, Japan, landed on an unoccupied taxiway instead of the intended runway 10, which was the airport's only runway. 2  The Boeing 737-900 aircraft with 124 passengers and 9 crew landed without any injury or damage. It was the first fatal crash of the Boeing 747-300. 2  Contributing factors were the captain's fatigue and Korean Air's inadequate flight crew training. ( 3 See article: Korean Air Flight 801) Damage: Destroyed Injuries: Multiple/Severe Deaths: 228 (22 of 23 Crew and 206 of 231 Passengers) Airframe: Written Off.