Some of them had been with her for years,' said Jennifer Bohler, on McEntire's behalf, following the deadly accident. McEntire, Blackstock and Spika were woken up and informed of the accident. They continued flying and were diverted to Nashville.'

They just knew that they had lost radio contact with the other. 'The pilot of the second plane didn't see anything. The plane that crashed took off first,' Trisha McClanahan, a spokesperson for McEntire, told the Los Angeles Times. 'The planes took off three minutes apart. At approximately 1:45AM, the first plane, a Hawker Siddele, crashed into the side of Otay Mountain, 10 miles east of the Brown Field airport. Chris Austin, Kirk Cappello, Joey Cigainero, Paula Kay Evans, Jim Hammon, Terry Jackson, Anthony Saputo and Michael Thomas perished in the crash, as did pilot Donald Holms and co-pilot Chris Hollinger.Ī second plane carrying two more of McEntire's band members took off a few minutes later, unaware of the tragedy. McEntire chartered two jets to transport her band members and tour manager.

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