William Anders, the Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo from space in 1968, was killed when the plane he was piloting crashed into the sea off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90 years old. His son, Greg Anders, confirmed the death, according to CNN. “My dad died in a plane crash in the San Juan Islands,” Anders told CNN Friday night. “The family is devastated and mourns the loss of a great pilot,” he added. The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that a plane went down off the coast of Jones Island. The dispatch center initially received a report, which said an “aircraft flying north-south then crashed into the water near the north end of Jones Island sank.” The United States Coast Guard later announced that the pilot’s body was recovered by a team of divers after […]
Source: News Beast
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